Hafner v. Leapley

(concurring specialty)-

There is no question Hafner received a more lenient sentence from the trial court after filing his request for sentence modification. The precedent of this court is that conditions of probation or suspended sentences should be reasonable and should not require excessive payments. State v. Ripperger, 284 N.W.2d 877 (S.D.1979); White Eagle v. State, 280 N.W.2d 659 (S.D.1979).

The trial court’s Amended Sentence requires Hafner to pay $5,000.00 to the Board of County Commissioners of Codington County to be used as compensation for the Codington County victim/assistance…