State v. Jamie Lee Nelson

Jamie Nelson appeals the Ada County district court’s award of restitution entered under Idaho Code section 37-2732(k). The Idaho Court of Appeals vacated the restitution award, and we granted the State’s timely petition for review. Because we conclude the State failed to support its request for restitution with sufficient evidence, we vacate the restitution award.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In June 2012, Nelson and her husband were charged with (1) possession of a controlled substance and paraphernalia; and (2) injury to child. They stood trial together. The first trial ended in a…