State v. Morrison

POHLMAN, Judge:

¶1 As part of a criminal sentence, a defendant may be ordered to make restitution for any pecuniary damages proximately caused by his crime. Chad Everett Morrison, after pleading guilty to assaulting his roommate (Roommate), was ordered to pay Roommate's moving expenses and lost wages. But Roommate was already planning on moving, and a private investigator testified that Roommate was let go from a temporary assignment a day after the assault due to a reduced workload. Morrison now appeals, contending that these facts demonstrate that the moving expenses and lost wages were not…