STATE v. BEASLEY

No. 76102.

580 So.2d 139 (1991)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Gary Stephen BEASLEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief-Criminal Appeals, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Allen J. DeWeese, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


McDONALD, Justice.

We review Beasley v. State, 565 So.2d 721, 722-23 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990), in which the district court certified the following question as being of great public importance:

Whether the imposition of costs against an indigent defendant is different than the collection of those costs making the question of ability to pay premature until attempt is made to collect such costs?

We have jurisdiction...

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