OPINION
Justice BIRKETT delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.
¶ 1 The issue disputed in this appeal is whether a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis "fee" (730 ILCS 5/5-4-3(j) (West 2008)) is a fee or a fine for purposes of awarding defendant, Braulio B. Guadarrama, monetary credit for the time he served in custody prior to sentencing. For the reasons that follow, we determine that a DNA analysis fee is a fee, not a fine, and, thus, it...
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