State v. McCants

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 3441

Syllabus

FINES – COURT COSTS – ATTORNEY FEES: The trial court did not err in imposing fines against defendant where the court considered defendant's present and future ability to pay the fines, and, although defendant was indigent at the time of sentencing, there was evidence in the record that defendant would have the ability to pay the fines in the future. The trial court did not err in imposing court costs against defendant, where, although defendant was indigent at the time of sentencing, it was solely within the trial court's discretion to waive court costs due to defendant's indigency. The trial court erred in ordering that defendant repay the fees of his court-appointed attorney where the court improperly imposed the appointed-attorney fees as part of defendant's sentence, and failed to consider defendant's present or future ability to pay the appointed-attorney fees.