State v. McGee

Ji_PLOTKIN, Judge.

We grant certiorari at the request of the Court en banc, which on its own motion asks this panel to reconcile conflicting opinions of this Court regarding whether a trial judge can decline to impose a mandatory fine when sentencing an indigent defendant.1 In unpublished decisions, this Court has previously upheld the trial court’s refusal to impose a mandatory fine when the defendant was indigent. See State v. Davis, No. 94-K-2382 (La.App. 4th Cir. 12/13/94); State v. McKinney, No. 94-K-2381 (La.App. 4th Cir. 12/9/94); State v. Washington, No. 92-K-0014 (La.App. 4th Cir.…