Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2025

Gregory C. Somers v. State of Florida

Gregory C. Somers v. State of Florida
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 15, 2025

Gregory C. Somers v. State of Florida

Opinion

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2024-2640 LT Case No. 2023-100094-CFDL _____________________________ GREGORY C. SOMERS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County.

Dawn D. Nichols, Judge.

Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, and Louis A. Rossi, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen R. Putnam, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

August 15, 2025

PER CURIAM.

In this Anders 1 appeal, we affirm Appellant’s judgment and sentence. However, we remand for entry of a corrected judgment striking the $100 cost of investigation as the State never requested Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). the cost of investigation. See Richards v. State, 288 So. 3d 574, 577 (Fla. 2020) (“[T]he State must request investigative costs to make a defendant liable for those costs . . . .”).

AFFIRMED; and REMANDED with instructions.

LAMBERT, BOATWRIGHT, and MACIVER, JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

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