Justice Molea
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DEFENDANT entered a guilty plea to a single count of burglary, which the court accepted in full satisfaction of the remaining counts charged under a negotiated plea agreement. The court sentenced defendant and imposed a mandatory surcharge of $250, and entry of a judgment of restitution for $2,600. Defendant moved to defer his obligation to pay the mandatory surcharge and restitution judgment, claiming these obligations during his incarceration presented a hardship. Prosecutors argued defendant’s moving papers were supported solely by conclusory claims that were insufficient under the applicable legal standards to merit the requested relief. The court agreed and denied the application, finding there was no credible and verifiable information adduced within defendant’s moving papers demonstrating that the collection of any money from his inmate account would work an unreasonable hardship on him that was in distinct from that suffered by other similarly situated inmates. It also stated the application must be denied as premature, noting any challenge to a court-imposed surcharge or restitution by an incarcerated defendant must be raised in the sentencing court upon completion of defendant’s period of incarceration.
