State v. Parker

LANSING, Judge.

Stacey Lynn Parker was placed on probation following her conviction for forgery. On appeal, she asserts that the district court erred in ordering her to pay, as restitution and as a condition of probation, $16,133.75 for attorney fees that the victim incurred in a separate civil action against Parker.

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FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

While Parker was working as a bookkeeper at a business owned by the victim, she prepared ten unauthorized checks drawn on the business’s account and totaling over $18,000, forged the victim’s signature on those checks, and deposited the funds into…