Minasian v. State

FARMER, Judge.

When the defendant was arrested and charged in this case, his mother posted a $3,000 cash bail bond. Later he entered into a agreement with the state to plead guilty to one count of a scheme to defraud and two counts of grand theft. As a special condition of probation, he agreed to pay restitution in installments. At the plea hearing, however, the trial judge noticed that a cash bond had been posted and decided without request by the state or anyone else to require that defendant make immediate payment of restitution from the cash bond. No one bothered to tell the mother or give…