State v. Edson

In this criminal case, defendant pleaded guilty to attempted assault in the second degree. The trial court placed defendant on probation for a period of three years and ordered her to pay a substantial sum in restitution within 24 months of the date of judgment, although it expressly stated that she did not have the ability to pay that amount within that time. The Court of Appeals vacated the restitution provision of the trial court’s judgment but otherwise affirmed. State v. Edson, 139 Or App 412, 912 P2d 423 (1996). We allowed review to consider both the substantive issue of the amount of…