California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Valentin, C079430 (Cal. App. 2016):
determined not to have a reasonably discernible future financial ability to reimburse the costs of his or her defense." (Ibid.) Thus, the court must make an express finding of unusual circumstances before ordering a state prisoner such as defendant to reimburse his or her attorney. (People v. Lopez (2005) 129 Cal.App.4th 1508, 1537.)
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