State v. Janz

WOLLE, Justice.

This case presents the question whether an error in a plan of restitution may be corrected on appeal from the judgment of conviction and sentence. We conclude that the defendant properly raised in this direct appeal her complaint about the amount of victim restitution she was ordered to pay. The amount was incorrect. We therefore vacate the order for restitution and remand, directing the district court to correct defendant’s plan of restitution.

Defendant Caroline Marie Janz pleaded guilty to false use of a financial instrument in the first degree, a violation of Iowa Code…