State v. Slepikas

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• determining that despite state’s penological interests, there was a possible due process violation in subjecting a defendant to the maximum sentence because the defendant could not pay restitution
• to impose longer suspended sentence because of defendant's indigency in order to extend time to pay restitution would violate due process and fundamental fairness
• to impose longer suspended sentence because of defendant’s indigency in order to extend time to pay restitution would violate due process and fundamental fairness
• court must “make meaningful inquiry” and “fully consider[]” defendant’s “financial resources and the burden that recoupment [of statutory costs] would impose”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).