Legal Opinion
State of Louisiana v. Jessie M. Griffin, II
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 14, 2015No. 2014-KP-1214 C/W 2014-KP-1238PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrichton, J.
hWe granted the writ application in this case to determine whether La.C.Cr.P. art. 887(A) and La.C.Cr.P. art. 895.1(B) permit the district attorney and sheriff to impose costs of prosecution and costs of investigation on convicted criminal defendants where those costs are not extraordinary or special costs unique to a particular case. For the reasons that follow, we find that these articles do permit the recovery of such costs, and further find that the costs imposed by the district court were fair, reasonable, and not excessive.
BACKGROUND
On October 8, 2004, the State of Louisiana, through…
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