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Florida Supreme Court Rules on Cost Assessment
Loaded on July 15, 2011
by David Reutter
By David M. ReutterIn settling direct conflicts between two district courts of appeals decisions, the Florida Supreme Court has held that applying a statute retroactively to assess costs is not an ex post facto violation.
The Court accepted review of Griffin v. State, 946 So. 610 (Fla. 2d DCA …
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