· 4/6/1945
Protest 69140-K of Anderson
Citations
- 14 Cust. Ct. 233
How courts have described this case
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- exercising discretion to correct error imposing $6,000 in attorney fees where sum was substantial and record contained no evidence that defendant was able, or might be able, to pay the fees
- court plainly erred by imposing court-appointed attorney fees where the record also did not contain evidence that defendant had sufficient assets or expected to earn income during his incarceration
- evidence that defendant had worked in the past as a field worker and firefighter was insufficient to support a finding that defendant had the ability to pay attorney fees because the record contained no information about defendant’s historic earnings or his future employability
- exercising discretion to correct error under similar circumstances
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Judges: Cole
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