Opinion ID: 2785777
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: State v. Paige-Colter

Text: The State charged Paige-Colter with one count of first degree assault and one count of first degree unlawful possession of a firearm. A jury convicted Paige-Colter as charged. The trial court imposed the State's recommended 360-month sentence of confinement. The State also recommended that the court impose ... standard legal financial obligations, $500 crime victim penalty assessment, $200 filing fee, $100 fee for the DNA sample, $1,500 Department of Assigned Counsel recoupment ... [,and] restitution by later order. Paige-Colter Verbatim Report of Proceedings (Paige-Colter VRP) (Dec. 9, 2011) at 6. Paige-Colter made no objection. The trial court accepted the State's recommendation without examining Paige-Colter's ability to pay these fees on the record. Paige-Colter's judgment and sentence included boilerplate language stating the court considered his ability to pay the imposed legal fees. 3 No. 89028-5 (consol. wiNo. 89109-5) Paige-Colter appealed and argued that the trial court erred when it imposed discretionary LFOs without first maldng an individualized inquiry into his ability to pay. The Court of Appeals concluded that Paige-Colter waived these claims by not objecting below. State v. Paige-Colter, noted at 175 Wn. App. 1010,2013 WL 2444604, at . We granted review on this issue and consolidated the case with Blazina. State v. PaigeColter, 178 Wn.2d 1018,312 P.3d 650 (2013).