Alexander v. Johnson

Petitioner appeals the trial court’s judgment requiring him to pay $975 for the cost of his own court-appointed attorney in the underlying post-conviction proceeding. We conclude that no statute authorized the judgment of costs in. this action and that the court’s imposition of those costs was error apparent on the face of the record. Accordingly, although we affirm the trial court’s disposition of the merits, we vacate the judgment for costs of $975.

Petitioner filed his original petition for post-conviction relief on December 23,1997. Trial was held on the petition on September 22,1998. The…