Fijnje v. State

After a lengthy criminal trial, petitioner, a minor, was acquitted of all charges in an eight count indictment which included seven counts of sexual battery and one count of lewd and lascivious assault on three separate minors. He filed a motion to tax costs in the trial court pursuant to section 939.06, Florida Statutes (1991), seeking costs in the amount of $692,822.50. After a hearing, the trial court denied the motion, refusing to certify the costs until it had determined “whether or not the costs incurred were reasonable and necessary for the proper defense of the former defendant.”…