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Reimbursement Of Defense Costs As A Condition Of Probation For Indigents, Michigan Law Review
Reimbursement Of Defense Costs As A Condition Of Probation For Indigents, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
It is extremely difficult to obtain precise information concerning the prevalence of this practice. There is only one reported case on the subject, and empirical evidence is almost wholly lacking because of the wide discretion granted sentencing courts in imposing probation conditions, and because of the reluctance of appellate courts to review the exercise of that discretion. However, courts have frequently imposed costs on nonindigent probationers, and in many jurisdictions the statutes which authorize such a probation condition with respect to solvent probationers seem broad enough to include indigents as well. Moreover, two recent studies have unearthed specific data which …
Requiring Indigent Seeking Divorce To Pay Cost Of Service By Publication Held Denial Of Equal Access To Courts - Jeffreys V. Jeffreys
Maryland Law Review
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