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State v. Wise

Citations

  • 795 P.2d 217
  • 164 Ariz. 574
  • 60 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 28
  • 1990 Ariz. App. LEXIS 173

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding legislature did not intend $150,000 to be “the absolute maximum that a convicted person could be compelled to pay”
  • concluding fine mandated by § 13-3408(E) not applicable to those convicted of attempt
  • upholding fines in the amount of $205,600 as constitutional because of their deterrent effect
  • the fact that the trial court had discretion to set the schedule for payment considerably ameliorated the statute’s failure to account for the defendant’s ability to pay
  • the fact that the trial court had discretion to set the schedule for payment considerably ameliorated the statute's failure to account for the defendant's ability to pay
  • “Certainly the legislature knew when it enacted the surcharge statute [requiring a thirty-seven percent penalty assessment on every fine imposed] that any number of statutes in effect provided a ceiling on the amount of a fine that could be imposed.”

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Judges: Kleinschmidt, Voss, Jacobson

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