People v. Music

The issue in this case is whether MCL 771.3(5)(a); MSA 28.1133(5)(a) requires that a sentencing judge inquire, before ordering that a defendant pay costs, as to the defendant’s ability to pay the costs. Because we believe this question has been correctly answered in the negative by the Court of Appeals in the present case, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.

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On April 28, 1985, the defendant tried to leave a Meijer store without paying for the sunglasses that he had hidden in his pocket. He was charged with larceny in a building, and pled guilty on June 28, 1985, to the reduced…