State v. Johnson

APPEL, Justice.

In this case, a prisoner appeals a nunc pro tunc order clarifying a 1998 order of restitution. In 2006, the district court determined that the 1998 restitution order applied only to victim restitution, leaving petitioner responsible for other restitution, including court costs and attorneys’ fees. The court of appeals agreed. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.

I. Factual and Procedural Background.

In 1989, Anthony Lamont Johnson was convicted of one count of burglary in the first degree, one count of sexual abuse in the second degree, and two counts of robbery in the…