Haines v. State

Ronald Haines appeals the trial court’s “Order Denying Defendant Haines’s Pro Se Motion to Issue Certificate of Costs.” We treat his appeal as a petition for writ of mandamus and grant the relief requested. Haines properly filed a motion for certification of costs under section 939.06, Florida Statutes. Certification of costs is a purely ministerial duty that does not require the trial court or clerk to exercise any discretion in deciding whether or not to certify the costs. See Clark v. State, 570 So.2d 408, 410 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990).

This case arises from Haines’s attempt to obtain a refund of…