State v. Lucas Dwight

¶ 1. Defendant Lucas Dwight appeals the trial court's restitution order requiring him to pay dental expenses resulting from defendant's conviction for simple assault. Defendant raises two main issues: (1) whether the court erred in awarding restitution for expenses that complainant's father paid on complainant's behalf; and (2) whether the ordered repayment schedule, which considered defendant's earning capacity, was impermissibly punitive. We affirm.

¶ 2. The following facts are undisputed. Connor Richards, a student at the University of Vermont, was assaulted in May *1165 2016. He sustained…