Hunter v. Dean

Marshall, Justice.

This appeal is from the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus by the Superior Court of Terrell County. The appeal was granted to consider whether the probation of a jail sentence may constitutionally be conditioned upon the payment of a fine in a lump sum when the defendant is indigent and unable to make immediate payment of the fine. We affirm the trial court.

Petitioner, Jacquelyn Hunter, and a co-defendant both pled guilty to burglary and were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The sentence was to be probated upon payment of a fine of $165. The…