Pratt v. State

MOORE, Justice:

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This appeal by Robert Gordon West and Michael John Pratt from a Superior Court order requiring payment of restitution to the victims of their crimes presents several issues of first impression: the scope of the term “victim”; the manner and preparation of loss statements; the method of valuing property damaged by a defendant’s criminal act; and the scope of due process protections to which a defendant is entitled when a sentence of restitution is imposed. The defendants raise several challenges to the order of restitution, including alleged due process and statutory violations…