State v. Hennenfent

LAVORATO, Justice.

In this single issue appeal, we must decide whether certain banks that made good on forged checks of their depositors are insurers and therefore not entitled to restitution under Iowa’s victim restitution law. See Iowa Code §§ 910.1(1), 910.1(4) (1991). The district court concluded that the banks are victims, not insurers, and are therefore entitled to restitution. We agree and affirm.

From January 1989 through April 1990, Pamela J. Hennenfent worked as a legal secretary. ■ In that capacity Hennenfent had certain bookkeeping responsibilities not only for the law office…