STATE v. MARTIN

No. 95-L-188.

112 Ohio App.3d 225 (1996)

The STATE of Ohio, Appellee, v. MARTIN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eleventh District, Lake County.

Decided July 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Coulson, Lake County Prosecuting Attorney, Ariana E. Tarighati and Taylir K. Linden, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellee.

R. Paul LaPlante, Lake County Public Defender, and Mark Gardner, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.


JOSEPH E. MAHONEY, JUDGE.

Defendant-appellant, Ronald T. Martin, appeals a judgment entered by the Lake County Court of Common Pleas which imposed a mandatory fine of §2,500, for aggravated trafficking in drugs in violation of R.C. 2925.03(A), without first conducting an inquiry into appellant's ability to pay such a fine. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand this case for a determination of whether appellant is indigent...

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