State v. Cooper

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is an appeal by defendant Susieanna D. Cooper from an order requiring her to pay $2,500 in medical expenses incurred by Terri Ferris as a condition of probation.

The Court of Appeals held that the trial court had no jurisdiction to order reparation or restitution due to the State’s failure to submit an amount of restitution within 30 days of the imposition of sentence as ordered by the trial court. This court accepted review of that issue.

Cooper pled nolo contendere to aggravated battery. Ferris was the victim of that battery. Cooper and…