Bowen v. State

In this direct criminal appeal, the appellant challenges costs and a special condition of probation imposed upon his sentencing in April 1996. We strike that portion of the order by which the appellant is directed to pay $100 to the Drug Abuse Trust Fund and $100 to the Florida Crime Lab because the order fails to cite statutory authority for those costs. See, e.g., Fisher v. State, 697 So.2d 1291 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997); Bizzard v. State, 668 So.2d 331 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. denied, 675 So.2d 926 (Fla.1996); Madison v. State, 664 So.2d 1140 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). These discretionary costs may be…