Wyatt v. State

CHRISTIE, Justice.

In this criminal appeal, this Court is called upon to determine the scope of a sentencing judge’s authority to impose conditions of probation.

*1089Both appellants in this case were convicted in Superior Court of assault. The evidence indicated that in the course of the assaults, the victim was struck in the right eye and suffered a detached retina. At sentencing, defense counsel urged that the court order restitution so as to make “financial recompense for the injuries ... suffered,” rather than imposing incarceration. The sentences imposed upon appellants included as a condition…