P. v. Ladd
In late 2007, defendant Kathleen Margaret Ladd, then a senior in college, sought a determination of her ability to pay a booking fee and two probation-related fines or fees that had been imposed at sentencing for her conviction by plea of buying, receiving, concealing, or withholding stolen property. By statute, two of the three fees were subject to her ability to pay. The court declined to then determine Ladds ability to pay. But the court suspended her obligation to make payments, including, at the prompting of the Department of Revenue, for electronic monitoring fees related to a prior conviction that were not the subject of Ladds motion, and deferred the ability-to-pay determination relating to the two probation-related fees for a period of just over a year, until January 2009, so that Ladd could complete college, become employed, and potentially realize earning capacity.
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