People v. Knightbent

Opinion

RAYE, J.

In this case, the services of an appointed counsel and a deputy attorney general, together with three justices and staff of this court, are applied to the resolution of a single issue: whether the court’s order imposing a $34 fine on defendant was proper under Penal Code section 1202.5, subdivision (a) (hereafter section 1202.5(a)). Defendant argues the court erred and the fine must be reduced to $10.

We shall conclude that indeed the court erred, but the error benefitted defendant and, as the Attorney General correctly asserts, the court should have imposed a total fine of $66.…