Benitez v. State

350 So.2d 1100 (1977)

Ramon BENITEZ, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 77-289.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 27, 1977.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1977.

Pollack, Rosenfeild, Spain & Cullen; John H. Lipinski, Miami, for appellant.

Richard E. Gerstein, State Atty., and Milton Robbins, Asst. State Atty., for appellee.

Before PEARSON, NATHAN and HUBBART, JJ.

PEARSON, Judge.

The controlling question presented on this appeal[1] is whether investigative costs incurred by a defendant in a criminal proceeding may be recovered from the State as taxable costs upon…