Commonwealth v. Deshong

¶ 1 Kenneth Eugene Deshong was charged with arson and insurance fraud for burning down a restaurant he owned to collect the insurance money. Deshong pled guilty to insurance fraud in a plea agreement. At the time of the plea agreement, he expressly agreed to pay restitution “as determined by the Fulton County Probation Department, subject to a hearing if requested.” The Commonwealth now appeals from the trial court’s order refusing to set the amount of restitution almost two years later after Deshong’s sentencing.

¶ 2 At the time of sentencing, the trial court was still not able to determine…