State v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Neither the U.S. Supreme Court nor the Louisiana Supreme Court has held that under no circumstances may a trial court order the imprisonment of an indigent defendant upon his default in paying a fine. We conclude, from our review of the cited U.S. Supreme Court cases, that where an indigent defendant fails to pay a fine within the prescribed time and pleads inability to do so, before execution of a prison or jail sentence in default thereof, the trial court must hold a hearing or an inquiry to determine whether the defendant has made a bona fide effort to pay the fine. If the bona fide effort has been made, the trial court must consider alternative measures of punishment other than imprisonment. For example, the trial court may extend the time for paying the fine, provide for installment payments or direct that the defendant perform some form of labor or community service in lieu of the fine.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 550 So. 2d 760 - State v. Mims