City of Seattle v. Fuller

¶31 (dissenting) — Washington courts have no inherent power to impose restitution obligations in criminal cases but may do so only when the legislature has specifically authorized restitution by statute. The legislature has created several types of restitution, each governed by its own statute. It necessarily follows that a court can impose only the specific type of restitution authorized by the applicable statute. The majority today ignores this inescapable conclusion and grants the Seattle Municipal Court (SMC) the power to impose restitution in addition to a fine, a power expressly…