State v. Akers

LAVORATO, Justice.

Donald W. Akers was charged with second-degree theft after he stole a pickup truck. He pleaded guilty and now challenges two aspects of the judgment entered against him: (1) the provision for ten percent interest on the restitution amount he was ordered to pay to the owner of the truck, which Akers had damaged in an accident; and (2) a “note” below the judge’s signature in the court’s judgment telling Akers to pay fines, surcharges, and costs with cash, cashier’s checks, or money orders. Akers argues that the district court does not have the statutory authority to impose…