State v. Tupa

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Mark Tupa and Brandon Kok appealed from restitution orders that directed them each to pay $12,000 in victim compensation stemming from their pleading guilty to felony criminal mischief. Both appeals raise identical issues, whether the trial court abused its discretion in determining the amount of restitution or the defendants’ ability to pay restitution. We affirm the restitution orders.

[¶ 2] Tupa and Kok pleaded guilty to felony criminal mischief resulting from their role in the destruction of a rural farmstead owned by Terence Schmidt and the Schmidt family.…