Lawrenz v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Lawrenz pled guilty to a charge of theft by taking after having been apprehended for falsifying cash register receipts in the grocery store where she worked. The record reveals that the trial court determined, after a hearing and on the basis of the evidence before him, that the amount stolen, upon conservative calculation, was $44,000. The transcript shows that the trial court determined that the maximum amount the appellant would realistically be able to repay was $24,000 and, accordingly, set the amount of restitution at $24,000. Appellant, having been…