People v. Winkler

Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, defendant, Charles Winkler, was convicted of theft under *150 and sentenced to one year probation on condition that he pay a *250 fine and all costs, including those of the jury. Defendant appeals from his sentence contending that the imposition of jury costs as a condition of probation was not authorized by statute and was therefore improper. We agree.

In our recent decision of People v. Kluck (1979), 70 Ill. App. 3d 582, 388 N.E.2d 918, we held that jurors’ fees and expenses were not includable as “costs of prosecution” under section…