Jason A. Henderson v. State of Indiana

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• emphasizing that “the trial court may in its discretion fine [the defendant] whether or not he is found to be indigent”
• emphasizing “the trial court may in its discretion fine [the defendant] whether or not he is found to be indigent”
• court’s appointment of trial and appellate counsel implies finding of indigency but is not conclusive as to defendant’s ability to pay fines or costs
• “Importantly, trial courts have the authority to assess fines against an indigent defendant; however, the indigent defendant may not be imprisoned for failure to pay those fines or costs.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).