State v. Mai

How courts have described this case

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• holding record of criminal history “confirms the propriety of the sentence imposed by the district court”
• using evidence and verdicts from trial to review sufficiency of the evidence supporting restitution determination
• finding sufficient “[t]he nature of the crime committed, age, past record, recommendations in the substance abuse evaluation, your blood- alcohol test result and the recommendations and facts included in the presentence investigation”
• finding a defendant’s failure to raise an objection to the restitution ordered at the sentencing hearing did not bar that claim on appeal when the objection was raised in the defendant’s brief
• State must prove “by a preponderance of the evidence a causal connection exists between the criminal act and the victim’s damages”
• “Where an improper sentence is severable this court may strike invalid portions of the sentence without disturbing the remainder and remand for appropriate action in the district court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).