State v. Smith

On July 22,1989, the defendant burglarized a branch of Seattle-First National Bank. Before that date, the bank had had a surveillance system installed. It consisted of three cameras, each of which focused on a different part of the bank. When the defendant entered the bank, he automatically triggered these cameras, and one of them filmed him as he performed the crime.

On October 23, 1989, the court sentenced the defendant, and on December 20, 1989, it entered an order requiring that he pay $1,806.72 in restitution to the bank. The $1,806.72 represented $720 for labor to remove the film from…