Michigan Supreme Court· 6/18/2014

People v. Cunningham

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496 Mich. 145
852 N.W.2d 118

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holding that MCL 769.1k(1)(b)(ii), as written at the time, did not authorize trial courts to impose costs unless specifically authorized to do so by the Legislature for that particular offense
stating that courts must construe a statutory provision in its overall context and consider its placement and purpose in the statutory scheme
reasoning that where the Legislature provided courts with the authority to impose “any cost” in MCL 769.1k(1)(b)(ii) and thereafter specified with particularity the costs that could be imposed, such language “suggests strongly that the Legislature did not intend MCL 769.1k(l)(b)(ii
providing examples of statutes that authorize the imposition of court costs
“[C]ourts may impose costs in criminal cases only where such costs are authorized by statute.”
“[C]ourts may impose costs in criminal cases only where such costs are authorized by statute.”

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Judges: Young, Cavanagh, Kelly, Zahra, McCormack, Viviano, Markman

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