DABEL v. STATE

No. 4D09-988.

79 So.3d 874 (2012)

Marvin DABEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Dea Abramschmitt , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mitchell A. Egber , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


CIKLIN, J.

In this opinion, we address whether the trial court followed the proper procedure for assessing certain public defender fees. The trial court imposed various fees against Marvin Dabel at the conclusion of his criminal case without first providing notice of the intent to impose these fees. We find that the trial court improperly assessed a discretionary public defender attorney's fee without first providing Dabel notice. On the other hand, we find that the...

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