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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