California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ahmad, E064736 (Cal. App. 2017):
The record shows, here, that defense counsel had the opportunity to object to the attorney fee after the trial court announced defendant's proposed sentence and asked counsel if they submitted. At that time, defense counsel could have objected to the attorney fee order or requested a hearing on defendant's ability to pay the fee. Defense counsel's failure to object forfeited the issue on appeal. "'Given that imposition of a fee is of much less moment than imposition of sentence, and that the goals advanced by judicial forfeiture [were equally relevant in the fee context], we [see] no reason . . . to conclude that the rule permitting challenges made to the sufficiency of the evidence to support a judgment for the first time on appeal "should apply to a finding of" ability to pay [fees].'" (People v. Trujillo (2015) 60 Cal.4th 850, 857 (Trujillo); People v. McCullough (2013) 56 Cal.4th 589, 599.)
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