State v. King
Court of Appeals of Utah
Judge Ryan M. Harris authored this Opinion, in which Judges Michele M. Christiansen Forster and Diana Hagen concurred.
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Judge:
¶1 The district court ordered Joshua Robert King to pay restitution for damages he caused to a home in the course of burglarizing it. The court's restitution order was entered without objection. King, however, asserts that his counsel abandoned him after sentencing, and that he was either completely unrepresented or ineffectively represented during the restitution phase. We agree, and therefore vacate the restitution order and remand for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
¶2 Late one evening, while heavily intoxicated, King attempted to forcibly enter a stranger's home. The homeowner…
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