Coby v. State

FRANK, Judge.

The appellant, Elroy Coby, was convicted in 1980 and again in 1985 of, among many other crimes, several counts of forgery and uttering a forged instrument. Coby was placed on probation for the 1980 offenses, but after commission of the 1985 offenses, probation was revoked and he was sentenced to 5 years for each crime he had committed, the terms to run concurrently with one another.

Coby raises three points on appeal. He first asserts that section 27.3455, Florida Statutes, requiring the payment of $200.00 upon conviction in “each case of a felony,” violates the ex post facto…