State v. Petrie

The defendant appeals from the district court’s restitution order requiring the de fendant to pay attorney fees and court costs after he was convicted pursuant to a guilty plea of driving while barred, an aggravated misdemeanor in violation of Iowa Code section 321.561 (1989). The defendant claims that the district court erred in directing restitution for the entire amount of court costs and attorney fees under Iowa Code section 910.2 (1989). We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

A state trooper stopped the vehicle the defendant was driving for failure to have a front license plate. A…