State v. Helms
State v. Helms
Opinion of the Court
In this consolidated case, defendant appeals judgments of conviction for one count of criminal mistreatment in Case Number 12C42569 and five counts of first-degree sexual abuse in Case Number 12C47452. He was sentenced to terms of incarceration totaling 216 months and ordered to pay, among other amounts, a total of $8,510 in court-appointed attorney fees. He contends that the trial court plainly erred in ordering him to pay those court-appointed attorney fees in the absence of any evidence in the record to support a finding that he was or might be able to pay.
In Case Numbers 12C42569 and 12C47452, portions of judgments requiring defendant to pay court-appointed attorney fees reversed; otherwise affirmed.
Defendant raises a number of additional assignments of error in a pro se supplemental brief. We reject those assignments without discussion.
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