Hamilton County v. State

NIMMONS, Judge.

This is an appeal, pursuant to Fla.R. App.P. 9.130(a)(4), from the lower court’s granting of a motion by the State Attorney to assess costs of deposition transcripts against Hamilton County. We reverse.

The State Attorney’s Office for the Third Judicial Circuit filed motions to assess costs against Hamilton County in fifteen criminal cases, alleging that costs were incurred in obtaining deposition transcripts, that the transcripts had served a useful purpose and that the defendants involved in the cases had been insolvent. Hamilton County moved to strike the motions on grounds…