Opinion ID: 2514357
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Heading: Improper Imposition of Medical Expenses as a Part of the Revocation Order

Text: [¶13] A sentence in excess of that authorized by the legislature is illegal and is a matter that we review de novo. Wease v. State, 2007 WY 176, ¶ 43, 170 P.3d 94, 107 (Wyo. 2007); Sarr v. State, 2007WY 140, ¶ 9, 166 P.3d 891, 894-95 (Wyo. 2007). [¶14] The costs at issue total $499.25. The evidence to support these costs is insubstantial and informal. The record does not include any mention of the source of authority for imposing these costs on Sharp. The State's principal answer to this contention is that the sentencing court has the authority to impose such costs on nonindigent prisoners. Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 18-6-303(f) (LexisNexis 2007). However, the record on appeal will support only a conclusion that Sharp was indigent. Both Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 7-13-107(e) and 7-13-411(e) suggest that the Department of Corrections is responsible for such expenses. Because the record is so unclear on this matter, we decline to discuss it in more detail. From the record extant, we cannot find a basis in law or fact for imposing those costs on Sharp and, hence, they constitute an illegal sentence as contemplated by our applicable precedents.