BROWN, C.J.
John C. Mayer pleaded guilty to manufacturing methamphetamine. The trial court declined to impose a mandatory $2,000 drug fine because it reasoned Mr. Mayer's incarceration would render him indigent. The State appeals. We hold the $2,000 drug fine is mandatory, unless suspended or deferred upon a finding the defendant is indigent. Because the trial court believed it had discretion to disregard the drug fine as being included in the mandatory drug clean...
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