JOANOS, Chief Judge.
Appellant, Shawn Detra Smith, appeals his conviction and sentence for battery. The issue presented is the propriety of the trial court's order requiring appellant to pay the state's attorney's fees as cost of prosecution. We reverse.
Appellant was charged with aggravated battery with a "deadly weapon, to-wit: a beer bottle." A jury found him guilty of the lesser-included offense of battery. At sentencing, the assistant state attorney advised...
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