PETERSON, Judge.
Following Robert L. Williams' plea of no contest to felony petit theft, the trial court assessed a $250 public defender lien at sentencing without notifying him of his right to contest the lien. We recognize that it is fundamental error cognizable on appeal to impose a public defender's lien without giving adequate notice to the defendant of his right to challenge it and its amount. Bisson v. State,
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