Cumhuriyet v. People

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in People v. Cumhuriyet, 42 Colo. App. 532, 604 P.2d 690 (1979), that restitution for a sum not the subject of criminal charges was a proper condition of probation. We reverse.

On October 26, 1977, the defendant Leslie Cumhuriyet, who was shopping with another woman at a Fashion Bar store on South Broadway in Denver, attempted to pay for a coat priced $119.99 with a Fashion Bar credit card. The defendant signed the sales slip with the name on the credit card. The shoppers’ conduct made the assistant manager suspicious, and he…