State v. Blanchard

Defendant Melvin Blanchard appeals the sentence imposed by the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, ordering him to make restitution to the victims of the thefts and burglaries to which he admitted but was not charged or convicted. We affirm.

The issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred by ordering Blanchard to make restitution for offenses to which he admitted but was never charged or convicted as a condition of deferred imposition of sentence.

On May 10, 1993, the State obtained leave to file an information charging Blanchard with four counts of felony theft, three…