State v. Miller

Leben, J.:

Gregory Miller appeals the district court’s order that he pay $4,700 in restitution for plumbing and electrical repairs to the owner of a home where Miller committed burglary and theft. The district court ordered the restitution after finding that it was the result of Miller’s crime.

But restitution can only be ordered when the damages or losses are caused by the defendant’s crimes of conviction or when a defendant agrees to them in a plea agreement, and neither situation applied to the plumbing and electrical damage claimed here. Miller had pled guilty to a charge that he stole a…