RIDGEWAY v. STATE

No. 1D04-3223.

892 So.2d 538 (2005)

Kevin J. RIDGEWAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Daniels, Public Defender, P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Robert R. Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


HAWKES, J.

Appellant challenges the trial court's retroactive application of the cost provisions of section 939.185, Florida Statutes (2004), arguing it violates federal and State Constitutional prohibitions against ex post facto laws. We affirm.

On July 1, 2004, pursuant to a negotiated plea, Appellant pled nolo contendere to an offense charged and committed in 1997. Coincidentally, on that same date, section 939.185, Florida Statutes (2004), became effective...

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