No Authority for Immediate Civil Judgments on Criminal Costs and Fines
The practice of ordering a civil judgment for costs and fines at the outset of a criminal case has run its course.
September 17, 2020
New AOC Form for Relief from Monetary Obligations
The Administrative Office of the Courts has issued a new form, AOC-CR-415, through which a person can make a motion for relief from costs, fines, and other monetary obligations. The […]
February 19, 2020
Implementing State v. Rieger: The One-Set-of-Costs-Per-Sentencing-Episode Rule
In State v. Rieger, ___ N.C. App. ___, 833 S.E.2d 699 (2019), the Court of Appeals held that court costs should be assessed only once for all related charges that […]
February 14, 2020
Motion to Remit Monetary Obligations
In today’s post I’m sharing two draft forms with which a defendant might gather information about his or her financial situation and, based on that situation, request relief from various […]
October 11, 2019
Assess Court Costs Once for All Related Charges Adjudicated Together
When a defendant has multiple charges adjudicated together in the same hearing or trial, and those charges arose from the same underlying event or transaction, the court should assess costs […]
June 17, 2019
A Swiss Army Form for Fines and Fees
Some of you have probably seen the School’s bench card on Criminal Monetary Obligations (it is available here). It may sometimes be helpful as a background reference, but it’s not […]
February 22, 2019
Timbs v. Indiana: Excessive Fines Clause Applies to the States
The Supreme Court decided Timbs v. Indiana yesterday, holding that the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is an incorporated protection applicable to the states under the Fourteenth Amendment. What does […]
February 7, 2019
2019 Cost Waiver Report Available
The Administrative Office of the Courts has issued its most recent report on cost waivers to the General Assembly. This report covers the first full year of cost waiver data […]
August 16, 2018
Criminal Monetary Obligations Bench Card Available
The School of Government has published a new resource on Monetary Obligations in North Carolina Criminal Cases.
June 28, 2018
Factors to Consider When Thinking about a Defendant’s Ability to Pay
In my last post, I wrote about when the court should and must consider a defendant’s ability to pay a monetary obligation. Today’s post talks about some of the specific […]
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