OFFICE OF STATE ATTORNEY v. Polites

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• noting that when a court interferes with an agency’s spending of its appropriated funds, the court -violates the separate of powers doctrine by “encroaching on the powers of the agency”
• holding the trial court violated the separation of powers doctrine when it ordered the Office of the State Attorney to pay for the costs of mental health experts evaluating the defendant
• finding order directing state attorneys and public defenders to pay for mental health exams for litigants they did not authorize to violate separation of powers

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