Legal Opinion
Bearden v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 24, 1983No. 81-6633PublishedCited by 1,286 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
The question in this case is whether the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a State from revoking an indigent defendant’s probation for failure to pay a fine and restitution. Its resolution involves a delicate balance between the acceptability, and indeed wisdom, of considering all relevant factors when determining an appropriate sentence for an individual and the impermissibility of imprisoning a defendant solely because of his lack of financial resources. We conclude that the *662trial court erred in automatically revoking probation because petitioner could not pay his fine, without determining…
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