CHAPMAN v. STATE

No. 4D07-548.

974 So.2d 625 (2008)

Derek Thomas CHAPMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 27, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

Appellant, Derek Chapman, timely appeals the assessment of costs and fees against him associated with the state's prosecution of him under the Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act, also known as the Jimmy Ryce Act. He argues that there is no authority for the assessment of costs and fees. We agree and reverse.

The state sought involuntary commitment of Chapman to the custody of the Department of Children and Families as...

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