State v. Curry

The principal issue in these cases, consolidated on appeal, is whether constitutional considerations require the entry of formal findings of fact to support the imposition of court costs and the victim's penalty assessment (VPA). A secondary and related issue is whether the sentencing judges in both Curry's and Lopez's cases implicitly found that the defendants were unable in the present or in the future to make these payments. We answer both questions in the negative and affirm.

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On July 25, 1989, Tony Curry was sentenced to 6 months' confinement with credit for time served and 12 months'…