Brent Paul Venrooy v. State of Florida

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: April 17, 2026
• Docket: 5D2025-0345
• Status: Published

Opinion

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

Case No. 5D2025-0345 LT Case No. 2023-001316-CFMA _____________________________

BRENT PAUL VENROOY,

Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Johns County. R. Lee Smith, Judge.

Thomas J. Butler, of Thomas Butler, P.A., Miami Beach, for Appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

April 17, 2026

PER CURIAM.

In this Anders1 appeal, we affirm Appellant’s judgment and sentence. However, we remand for the entry of a corrected judgment striking the $100 fee for investigative costs because the

1 Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). investigative costs were never requested. See Richards v. State, 288 So. 3d 574, 577 (Fla. 2020) (“[T]he State must request investigative costs to make a defendant liable for those costs . . . .”).

AFFIRMED and REMANDED with instructions.

JAY, C.J., and LAMBERT and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________