State of Iowa v. Daimonay Darice Richardson

MANSFIELD, Justice.

After pleading guilty to second-degree murder, the defendant was ordered to pay $150,000 in mandatory restitution to the estate of the victim. See Iowa Code § 910.3B (2013). The defendant was fifteen years old at the time of the offense. We are asked to decide whether Iowa law authorized the sentencing court to consider the age of the defendant and related circumstances before ordering this restitu*611tion. If not, we must determine whether mandatory minimum restitution violates the defendant’s rights under article I, section 17 of the Iowa Constitution.

For the reasons…