State v. Phillips

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LUCKERT, J.:

In this opinion we address the question of whether a district judge may validly ordér a defendant who has been convicted of a felony to pay a docket fee, a booking fee, Board of Indigents’ Defense Services (BIDS) attorney fees, and a BIDS application fee if the judge did not announce the order in open court during the sentencing proceeding. The defendants in this consolidated appeal argue that imposing these fees in a journal entry of judgment without an oral announcement violates K.S.A. 22-3405 and K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 22-3424(a), which…