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MAYNES v. COM.

No. 2010-SC-000681-DG.

361 S.W.3d 922 (2012)

Desean MAYNES, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 22, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Goyette , Louisville Metro Public Defender, Bruce P. Hackett , Chief Appellate Defender, Office of the Louisville Metro Public Defender, Louisville, KY, for appellant.

Jack Conway , Attorney General of Kentucky, James Hays Lawson , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, for appellee.

Opinion of the Court by Justice ABRAMSON.

Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 23A.205 provides that persons convicted of a crime in Circuit Court shall pay court costs of $100.00. The statute allows court costs to be waived for "poor persons," as that term is defined in KRS 453.190(2), the in forma pauperis statute. KRS 31.110 provides that "needy persons" facing serious criminal charges are entitled to representation by an attorney at public expense. Should "needy...

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