COMMONWEALTH v. LOPEZ

No. 27 EAP 2021.

280 A.3d 887 (2022)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Alexis LOPEZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: August 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheryl Ann Brooks, Esq. , Aaron Joshua Marcus, Esq. , Leonard Sosnov, Esq. , Alan J. Tauber, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, for Appellant.

Lee B. Awbrey, Esq. , Delaware County Public Defender's Office, for Appellant Amici Curiae Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Jennifer Lynn Beidel, Esq. , John Albert Marty III, Esq. , Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, for Appellant Amicus Curiae Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts.

Andrew Chapman Christy, Esq. , Connor Pearse Hayes, Esq. , Richard Tsai Ting, Esq. , ACLU of Pennsylvania, for Appellant Amici Curiae Pennsylvania Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness, ACLU of Pennsylvania.

Sarah Marie Coyle, Esq. , Taylor Elizabeth Pacheco, Esq. , Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity, for Appellant Amicus Curiae Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity.

Jean Wilson Galbraith, Esq. , for Appellant Amicus Curiae Law Professors Beth A. Colgan and Jean Galbraith.

M. Norman Goldberger, Esq. , Heath Khan, Esq. , Ballard Spahr, LLP, for Appellant Amici Curiae The Fines and Fees Justice Center, The Cato Institute.

Jamie MacKenzie Gullen, Esq. , Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, for Appellant Amicus Curiae Community Legal Services.

Sara E. Jacobson, Esq. , Public Defenders Association of PA and PA Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, for Appellant Amicus Curiae Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania.

Brad Renard Korinski, Esq. , Office of the Controller Allegheny County, for Appellant Amicus Curiae Office of the Controller of Allegheny County.

Peter E. Kratsa, Esq. , MacElree Harvey, Ltd., for Appellant Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Max Walter Laun, Esq. , Arlene A. Marshall-Hockensmith, Esq. , Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc., for Appellant Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network.

James Christopher Martin, Esq. , Oluwaseyi A. Odunaiya, Esq. , Robert Jennings Tritschler, Esq. , Reed Smith LLP, for Appellant Amicus Curiae Office of the Controller of Allegheny County.

Emily Patricia Daly, Esq. , Lawrence Jonathan Goode, Esq. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Andrew Joseph Greer, Esq. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office of Open Records, for Appellee Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Benjamin Reid Barnett, Esq. , Dechert LLP, for Appellee Amici Curiae The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Women's Law Project.

Justin Michael Kadoura, Esq. , Friedrich Wilhelm W. Sachse, Esq. , Katherine Elizabeth Unger, Esq. , Dechert LLP, for Appellee Amici Curiae The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Women's Law Project, Women's Resource Center.

BAER, C.J., TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, JJ.


OPINION

We granted discretionary review to consider whether Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 706(C) requires a trial court to consider a defendant's ability to pay prior to imposing mandatory court costs at sentencing.1 We hold it does not, and affirm the Superior...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases