State v. Gorton

¶ 1. Defendant Jason Gorton appeals a trial court order requiring him to pay $38,786.72 in restitution following a conviction for embezzling cigarettes from the store where he was employed. Defendant argues that the State’s request for restitution from defendant was time-barred and the court erred in granting the order. Defendant further objects to the order itself on a number of grounds, arguing that: (1) the court erred in requiring restitution beyond the temporal scope of conviction, (2) the court did not take into account defendant’s ability to pay, (3) the court failed to find that the…