State v. Laycock

On Certification from the Utah Court of Appeals

NEHRING, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

T1 In this case, we agreed to consider a petition for extraordinary writ filed by the State challenging a restitution ruling made by Judge Claudia Laycock in the Fourth District Court. Judge Laycock ordered *107Trenton Jones to pay approximately $3000 in restitution but declined to order Mr. Jones to pay almost $600,000 for lost wages that had been sought by the State. The State argues that Judge Layeock's ruling was at odds with the provisions of Utah Code sections 77-882-101 through -601, Utah's Crime Victims…