I was given until November 27th to pay my court appointed lawyer. If I'm unable to finish paying it by that time what happens? Is it a violation of probation? What penalties will I have?

Where is this at, I was not aware you had to pay a court appointed ,attorney, thus the name, it is when you can not afford an attorney, they appoint one for you free?

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I'm from TX and I know that's what I thought too but I had to pay a small sum of the fee because when I applied for the attorney I made enough to help pay for him. I only had to pay $500 but I JUST started paying for or because before this I had a class I had to pay for that lasted six weeks.

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Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck

Where is this at, I was not aware you had to pay a court appointed ,attorney, thus the name, it is when you can not afford an attorney, they appoint one for you free ??

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This is the way it's done in a number of places. The idea is that, while an indigent criminal defendant may not be able to pay all of what an attorney might reasonably charge, the defendant should pay what part of that fee he or she can pay.

To answer OP's question, one would have to look at the probation terms specified in the judgment of conviction. Yes, it possibly might be considered a violation of probation.

Thank you for the update, guess in my area, it was always paid if qualified, they just make it hard to qualify.