Sassnett v. State

Donnie Keith SASSNETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 31, 1998.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1998-12-31

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 2000

3 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“DOES THE FAILURE OF THE TRIAL COURT TO ORALLY PRONOUNCE EACH STATUTORILY AUTHORIZED COST INDIVIDUALLY AT THE TIME OF SENTENCING CONSTITUTE FUNDAMENTAL ERROR?”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 760 So. 2d 149 - Sassnett v. State

Relies on Anders v. California · American Trailer Relocaters, Inc. v. All Coast Intermodal Services, Inc.

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1998-12-31

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¶1Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; and Carl S. McGinnes, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; and James W. Rogers, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

¶3BROWNING, J.

¶4In this appeal filed pursuant to Anders v. California,386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), we affirm the conviction and sentence in all respects and certify to the Florida Supreme Court the same question certified in Locke v. State,719 So.2d 1249 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998): DOES THE FAILURE *175 OF THE TRIAL COURT TO ORALLY PRONOUNCE EACH STATUTORILY AUTHORIZED COST INDIVIDUALLY AT THE TIME OF SENTENCING CONSTITUTE FUNDAMENTAL ERROR?

¶5ERVIN and ALLEN, JJ., CONCUR.