Legal Opinion

State v. Lopez-Solis

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided February 4, 1999No. C3-97-681PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LANCASTER, J.

This appeal presents the issues of whether a trial court must make a finding regarding a criminal defendant’s ability to pay before imposing prosecution costs under Minn.Stat. § 631.48 (1996), and what specific costs are recoverable pursuant to the statute. Following his conviction for second-degree intentional murder, appellant, Inocente Lopez-Solis, appealed his conviction and the trial court’s award of $14,538.10 in prosecution costs, arguing that various costs awarded to the state are not recoverable. The court of appeals affirmed Lopez-Solis’ conviction and the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Fuller v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Roby v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
  3. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
  4. Carpenter v. MattisonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
  5. State v. MitjansSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1987

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. OsborneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
  2. State v. AllenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
  3. State v. HendersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
  4. State v. RyythSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2001
  5. State v. Castillo-AlvarezCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2012

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