COBB, Judge.
The trial court ordered Harrison's counsel to personally pay an expert witness fee. The state concedes that there is no authority allowing a trial court to order defense counsel to personally pay costs in a criminal case, other than as a sanction, and we can find no contractual or statutory basis for such an order. See Israel v. Lee,
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