State v. Derick G. Vanbeek, 2009 WI App 37, PFR filed 3/13/09 For Vanbeek: Donald T. Lang, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: On conviction for making a false bomb scare, § 947.015, Vanbeek is liable in restitution to the school district for salaries and benefits paid to teachers and staff during the resulting 4-hour evacuation, because the school district… Read more
6. Restitution
Restitution – Damages – School District: Employees’ “Lost Productivity” Due to Bomb Scare Evacuation
State v. Jeremy T. Greene, 2008 WI App 100, PFR filed 7/14/08 For Greene: Kristen D. Schipper Issue: Whether the sentencing court may order that DOC distribute “gifted” (as opposed to wage-based) funds in a prisoner’s account to satisfy a restitution obligation. Holding: ¶12 We observe that Wis. Stat. § 973.20 does not limit the consideration of… Read more
State v. Jeremy T. Greene, 2008 WI App 100, PFR filed 7/14/08 For Greene: Kristen D. Schipper Issue/Holding: Restitution order amendment, directing DOC to disburse funds from the prisoner’s account, did not violate double jeopardy although the amendment occurred three years after the original order: ¶16 Greene’s double jeopardy argument focuses on the fact that DOC, in… Read more
State v. William Agosto, 2008 WI App 149, PFR filed 10/21/08 For Agosto: Andrea Taylor Cornwall, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue/Holding: The defendant’s mother, who posted subsequently-forfeited cash bail, is a “victim” for restitution purposes: ¶8 … Agosto committed the “crime” of bail-jumping. He pled guilty and the circuit court entered a judgment convicting him of that crime… Read more
State v. Anthony Houston Lee, 2008 WI App 185 For Lee: Carl W. Chessir Issue/Holding: ¶11 As noted, Wis. Stat. § 973.20 authorizes a trial court to order restitution to victims of a “[c]rime considered at sentencing,” which includes “any crime for which the defendant was convicted and any read-in crime.” Sec. 973.20(1g)(a) & (1r). We conclude… Read more
State v. Earl W. Haase, 2006 WI App 86, (State’s) PFR filed 5/17/06 For Haase: Glenn L. Cushing, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether restitution may be ordered for damage caused to a squad car destroyed by fire during pursuit of the defendant. Holding: A governmental “agency must be a direct victim of the criminal conduct to be reimbursed for a… Read more
Herr v. Bradley D. DeBraska, 2006 WI App 29 Issue/Holding1: Where the defendant and victim had fully settled a civil claim for defendant’s liability arising out of the crime, but the defendant’s wages were subsequently garnished by the State to satisfy the restitution order in the criminal case, the trial court properly exercised discretion to reopen… Read more
State v. Anthony D., 2006 WI App 218 For Anthony D.: Susan E. Alesia, SPD, Madison Appellate Dicta: ¶7 n. 2: We note that the language of the juvenile restitution statute differs from that of the criminal restitution statute, Wis. Stat. § 973.20. The criminal statute does not require the court to make a finding that the… Read more
