State v. Holmberg

HARRIS, Justice.

The challenge here is to the trial court’s order of victim restitution. The defendant complains that the order exceeded his involvement in a computer theft and therefore exceeded the trial court’s authority. While we disagree with the defendant’s assessment of a sentencing court’s authority under the restitution chapter, we do agree that the authority was exceeded here. We reverse and remand.

Defendant Timothy Holmberg was charged with computer theft in the first degree by making unauthorized use of the victim’s phone lines. First-degree computer theft is defined as one…