Dabel v. State

In this opinion, we address whether the trial court followed the proper procedure tor assessing certain public defender fees. The trial court imposed various fees against Marvin Dabel at the conclusion of his criminal case without first providing notice of the intent to impose these fees. We find that the trial court improperly assessed a discretionary public defender attorney’s fee without first providing Da-bel notice. On the other hand, we find that the public defender application fee was statutorily mandated and therefore no notice was required before it could be imposed.

Dabel was…