State v. Ryan

In this consolidated appeal, Michael Ta-ton and Ronald Ryan ask us to decide whether constitutional and statutory requirements are met when the trial court enters, as part of a criminal sentence, an ex parte order of restitution with the proviso that the defendant may have a restitution hearing if he or she objects to the amount that has been set. We find that restitution was not determined within mandatory time limits in the present cases and vacate the order of restitution entered with respect to Taton. Because Ryan acknowledged part of the restitution set in connection with his crimes, we…