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An appeals court in Michigan upheld the constitutionality of a state law that allows trial courts to impose fees on convicted defendants that help pay for the costs of running the courts. A defendant argued the statute prevents judges from being impartial but he did not prove that the law causes judges to ignore their constitutional mandates or that the law “creates a funding system for the trial courts.”

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — An appeals court in Michigan upheld the constitutionality of a state law that allows trial courts to impose fees on convicted defendants that help pay for the costs of running the courts. A defendant argued the statute prevents judges from being impartial but he did not prove that the law causes judges to ignore their constitutional mandates or that the law “creates a funding system for the trial courts.” 

Categories / Appeals, Courts, Criminal, Financial, Law

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