CLARK v. STATE

No. 90-00565.

570 So.2d 408 (1990)

Robert Edward CLARK and Robert Charles Clark, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simson Unterberger, Tampa, for appellants.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

Today, we address the question of when an acquitted or otherwise discharged defendant is entitled to be reimbursed for costs expended during his prosecution.

It is chapter 939, Florida Statutes (1989), in part, enacted by the Florida legislature over one hundred years ago, which regulates assessment of costs in criminal matters. The legislature has directed the process of assessing costs...

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