WYATT v. STATE

No. 94-1966.

654 So.2d 613 (1995)

Arthur L. WYATT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Paul E. Petillo, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, Judge.

Arthur Wyatt pled nolo contendere to a charge of selling cocaine and was sentenced to six months in jail followed by three years probation. As a condition of probation the trial court ordered Wyatt to pay $200.00 for the costs of prosecution. We reverse, as the trial court assessed the costs of prosecution without any evidence of the actual amount of such costs, or the defendant's financial ability to pay the costs.

The trial court should have...

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