State v. Bruun

ORME, Judge:

*758 ¶1 This case presents the question of whether a civil settlement between a victim and a defendant, entered into prior to entry of an order of complete restitution in a related criminal case, precludes the victim from enforcing that restitution order once it is entered as a judgment on the civil docket. In light of the plain language of, and the well-recognized purposes for, the Crime Victims Restitution Act, we conclude that a prior civil settlement does not preclude enforcement of a restitution judgment provided that the victim does not obtain a double recovery.

BACKGROUND

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