State v. Thomas

¶ 1. Defendant appeals the district court’s order of restitution following his guilty plea to aggravated assault. On appeal, defendant argues that the court erred in ordering restitution because: (1) defendant’s conviction was for attempting to cause serious bodily injury, and therefore any resulting injury was not connected to defendant’s crime; and (2) neither of the recipients of the restitution were victims of defendant’s crime. * In addition, defendant claims that because restitution was not part of his plea agreement the court committed plain error in not giving him an opportunity to…