Badura v. State

URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.

We review a criminal defendant’s claim that the trial court failed to follow statutorily required procedures in ordering restitution included in his felony sentence following a guilty plea.

Appellant, James Lawrence Badura, Jr. (Badura), contends the trial court failed to comply with governing statutes in imposing restitution as a part of his sentence, in that: if inquiry had been made into his ability to pay, the trial court would then have been compelled to find Badura did not have the means to pay the ordered restitution. He also claims the trial court failed to make…