81 Ill. App. 3d 521 - People v. Bishop’s Empirical Analysis

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34 state decisions

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1. ““Certainly, the trial judge must specify his reasons for the sentence imposed. However, we believe that the trial court need not, as the defendant suggests, specify separate and distinct reasons for imposing the fine. * * * As a consequence, when a fine and imprisonment are imposed, they are imposed as one sentence, with the reasons specified supporting the entirety. The reasons specified by the trial judge in this case are sufficient to support the imposition of the instant sentence. In addition, we do not believe the trial judge need specifically state that the defendant was determined to have the financial resources and future ability to pay the fine. That finding is implicit in the imposition of a fine where the trial judge is aware of facts in the record which would support such a finding (Menken), even though the better practice may be to articulate the finding. # <* « We therefore hold that the facts within the trial court’s knowledge at the sentencing hearing regarding the defendant’s financial resources and ability to pay a $2,500 fine justified its imposition, and although the court did not state the specific reasons why a fine was imposed at all, its reasons for the imposition of sentence (which included the fine), stated at the sentencing hearing, satisfied the requirements of section 5 — 4—1(c) of the Criminal Code.” ( 81 Ill. App. 3d 521, 524-25 , 401 N.E.2d 648, 650-51 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 85 Ill. App. 3d 414 - People v. Peddicord