State v. Bynes

Bell, Judge:

Jerome Bynes was indicted for and pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery. The circuit judge sentenced him to seven years imprisonment on the first count and a consecutive seven year sentence for the second. The judge suspended the sentence for the second count upon the service of forty months, followed by five years’ probation. With Bynes’ consent, the judge ordered him, as a condition of probation, to pay restitution to the victims of his forgeries, including several forgeries for which he had not been indicted. Bynes now appeals that order, asserting the court lacked subject…