Legal Opinion

Polen v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided September 25, 1991No. 19A04-9008-CR-362PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CONOVER, Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Patti Polen (Polen) appeals the trial court's restitution order as a condition of her probation.

We reverse.

Polen presents the following restated issues for our review:

1. whether the trial court erred in ordering restitution in an amount greater than the damages caused by the crimes to which Polen pled guilty;

2. whether the trial court erred in ordering restitution without first inguir-ing into Polen's ability to pay, and

3. whether the court's restitution order is supported by the evidence.

Because we reverse, we discuss only the first two issues, which are…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hughey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Miller v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Mitchell v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1990
  4. United States v. Milton F. Duvall, IIICourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
  5. Hipskind v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1988

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Jesus S. Gil v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
  2. Commonwealth v. McIntyreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  3. Jose Guzman v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
  4. Green v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2004
  5. T.C. v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2005

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