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Anyone have any experience with making the repayment of court-appointed attorneys' fees recoverable in the final disposition of cases (as opposed to probation,etc.) under TCCP 26.05 (g)?

How are the counties recovering the fees paid for court-appointed counsel?

HELP, please!
 
Posts: 85 | Location: Abilene TX | Registered: March 17, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Provided the defendant is indigent and not destitute,the Judge of my court requires defendants with appointed counsel to pay $50 per month toward their attorney. On occasion she will reduce or waive this payment but a good 85-90% are on this plan. I don't know if the fees carry through into the probation if there is a balance at the time of the plea. An aside: ee require a minimum of $100 fine per year of probation
 
Posts: 723 | Location: Fort Worth, TX, USA | Registered: July 30, 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Look at:

Curry v. Wilson, 853 S.W.2d 40 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993) (affirming trial court's authority to order repayment even after the defendant was found not guilty).
 
Posts: 72 | Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA | Registered: December 13, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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