D.A. v. STATE

No. 4D08-2029.

11 So.3d 423 (2009)

D.A., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diane F. Medley, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DAMOORGIAN, J.

We hold that it was error for the trial court to impose costs of prosecution pursuant to section 938.27(1), Florida Statutes (2007) on D.A., a juvenile who was adjudicated delinquent.

This is an issue of statutory interpretation, which is subject to a de novo standard of review. Kasischke v. State, 991 So.2d 803, 807 (Fla.2008). Section 938.27(1), Florida Statutes (2007) provides for the imposition...

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