State v. Bonnie, 898 P.2d 1356 (Or. Ct. App. 1995)

Cases | State v. Bonnie, 898 P.2d 1356 (Or. Ct. App. 1995) | 2018

The defendant was convicted of first-degree theft by receiving a computer stolen from a business and ordered to pay restitution for loss of information stored on the hard drive, which had been wiped clean. On appeal, the defendant claimed the trial court erred in ordering restitution because there was insufficient evidence that the defendant had wiped the hard drive. The court of appeals held that there was insufficient evidence that the defendant had wiped the hard drive and therefore there was no pecuniary damage done to the business. Since restitution may only be ordered when there is a causal relationship between criminal activities and pecuniary damages, the court vacated the order of restitution.