State v. Van Hoff

NEUMAN, Justice.

This is the State’s appeal in a case involving prison inmate Roger G. Van Hoffs challenge to his restitution plan. See Iowa Code § 910.7 (1993). Although the district court upheld the plan with respect to deductions from Van Hoffs prison allowance, the court ruled that correction officials were without statutory authority to impose an across-the-board assessment of twenty percent against funds received by inmates from outside sources. Only the latter issue is before us on appeal.

Our decision is controlled by Walters v. Grossheim, 525 N.W.2d 830 (Iowa 1994). Walters involved an…