State v. Bausch, 29 P.3d 989 (Kan. Ct. App. 2001)

Cases | State v. Bausch, 29 P.3d 989 (Kan. Ct. App. 2001) | 2018

While employed at a car shop, the defendant accepted cash payments from customers that were never deposited in the bank. The defendant pled no contest to two counts of felony theft over $500. As part of an audit, the company’s bookkeeper was required to research the defendant’s theft and make photocopies. The defendant was ordered to pay restitution for the amount of theft, photocopies, and 90 hours of labor at $15 per hour. On appeal, the defendant claimed that the trial court erred by ordering restitution for the cost of photocopies and labor for the audit. The appellate court held that: (1) the trial court appropriately allowed restitution for the cost of the audit, as the cost would not have been incurred but for the theft; (2) the trial court did not abuse its discretion by awarding 90 hours of labor at $15 per hour when the bookkeeper requested compensation for 160 hours of work.