CPL 420.35(2-a), enacted on August 24, 2020 with an immediate effective date, authorizes a trial court to waive the mandatory surcharge and fees ordinarily imposed on a convicted defendant, where the defendant was under 21 years old at the time of the underlying crime and certain other conditions are met. We need not reach the question of whether this statute applies retroactively on appeal to defendant, who was sentenced before the new statute's effective date (see People...
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