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<p>&lt;p&gt;Yesterday, the Michigan Supreme Court peremptorily reversed the &lt;a title=&quot;People v. Lonsby COA Opinion&quot; href=&quot;http://coa.courts.mi.gov/documents/opinions/final/coa/20081125_c277000_46_277000.opn.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Court of Appeals&#39; decision &lt;/a&gt;in &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;People v. Lonsby Order&quot; href=&quot;http://coa.courts.mi.gov/documents/SCT/PUBLIC/ORDERS/20090911_S138076_51_138076_2009-09-11_or.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;People v. Lonsby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&#39; in light of the Court&#39;s recent decision in &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;People v. Jackson&quot; href=&quot;http://coa.courts.mi.gov/documents/OPINIONS/FINAL/SCT/20090710_S135888_23_jackson2apr09-op.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;People v. Jackson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&#39;  In &lt;em&gt;Lonsby&lt;/em&gt;, the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court&#39;s imposition of costs for defendant&#39;s attorney&#39;s fees because the trial court failed to consider the defendant&#39;s ability to pay.&#39;  In &lt;em&gt;Jackson&lt;/em&gt;, the Court held that an assessment of a defendant&#39;s ability to pay is not necessary at the time costs are imposed.&#39;  Our previous summary of the&#39; &lt;em&gt;Jackson&lt;/em&gt;&#39; decision is &lt;a title=&quot;OCJ Post on People v. Jackson&quot; href=&quot;http://www.ocjblog.com/&#39;p=2137&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</p>

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