State v. Black

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The defendants, Hoyte R. Black, Jr. and Robert E. Hamborg, Sr., appeal from the Court of Criminal Appeals’ affirmance of the lower courts’ refusal to waive the defendants’ liability for court costs incurred in their prosecutions for driving under the influence (DUI). This case presents two issues for our determination: (1) whether a General Sessions court is authorized to waive a DUI defendant’s court costs upon a finding that the defendant is indigent; and (2) assuming that the General Sessions court is so authorized, whether the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in…