State v. Davis

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

We granted the appeal in this case to answer a question of first impression: whether the trial court had the statutory authority to order the defendant to pay restitution in addition to ordering a sentence of incarceration for the offense of vandalism, and to determine whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant probation.

After the jury convicted the defendant of vandalism, the trial court denied probation, sentenced the defendant to serve two years and one day, and ordered the payment of restitution to the victim of $625. The trial court found that the…