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As I predictedby Michael B. Skinner · Saturday July 11, 2009 10:21 pm PERMALINK
It wasn't much of a prediction, given that the outcome was pretty predictable. But in People v Jackson, the Michigan Supreme Court overruled People v Dunbar, which had held that a trial court could not order the re-payment of court-appointed attorney fees without first determining whether the defendant had the ability to pay. Jackson basically says, no, the trial court can order it, and the defendant can challenge the order at the time of enforcement, using indigency as a defense. It was a unanimous decision. |