State v. Welling

¶1 On January 14,1991, the Defendant, Linda Welling, pled guilty to issuing a bad check (common scheme) in violation of § 45-6-316, MCA (1989), and on February 13,1991, received a five-year deferred sentence on several conditions, including that she pay restitution in the amount of $5,252.36. In January of 1996, her deferred sentence was revoked and reinstated for a period of six years. On or about December 27,2001, the State filed a petition to revoke Welling’s probation for non-payment of restitution. The District Court for the Eighth Judicial District in Cascade County found that Welling…