Bucher v. Hughes

¶1 Shane Bucher (Bucher) appeals the Judgment of the Ninth Judicial District Court, Toole County. We affirm.

¶2 We review the following issue on appeal:

¶3 Did the District Court improperly deny interest to Bucher on Hughes’s restitution obligation imposed as part of a criminal judgment?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶4 Patrick Harold Hughes (Hughes) recklessly drove a motorcycle down Main Street of Shelby, Montana, in June of 2001. Hughes struck Bucher, a pedestrian, who was walking across the street. Bucher suffered major injuries from the collision, including severing his left leg at the…