Legal Opinion

Bibbs v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 31, 1986No. 86-578Published

1Opinion of the Court

UPCHURCH, Chief Judge.

Saadia Bibbs appeals a sentence imposed after she pled guilty to possession of cocaine. Bibbs contends that the trial court erred in imposing a $200 fine pursuant to section 27.3455, Florida Statutes (1985) for a crime committed prior to the statutes enactment on July 1, 1985.

We reject Bibb’s attack on the constitutionality of section 27.34551 but agree that the trial court erred by retroactively imposing costs under section 27.3455 for a crime committed prior to July 1, 1985.2 Yost v. State, 489 So.2d 131 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986). As in Yost, we certify the following…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  2. Yost v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  3. Lawton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  4. Gaffney v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  5. Gordon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986

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