California Court of Appeal

Trial court imposition of a fine under Penal Code sec. 1202.5 in connection with defendant's conviction for felony petty theft is reversed and remanded for the court to determine whether the defendant has the ability to pay in light of the additional financial obligations attached to the fine.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2009
• Published 05/18/2009

Judges

• TURNER, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles Courtney Tucker, for the Administrative Office of the Courts as amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda L. Gordon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sarah J. Farhat, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.