STATE v. HOWARD-HASTINGS

No. 97-2986-CR.

218 Wis.2d 152 (1998)

579 N.W.2d 290

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Donna E. HOWARD-HASTINGS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Steven P. Weiss, assistant state public defender.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Paul Lundsten, assistant attorney general.

Before Cane, P.J., Myse and Hoover, JJ.


MYSE, J.

Donna Howard-Hastings appeals that portion of a sentence requiring her to pay restitution to the United States government for damages sustained as a result of her vandalism of government property. Howard-Hastings contends that the restitution statute, § 973.20, STATS., does not authorize the payment of restitution to a government entity. Because this court concludes that the term "victim" in § 973.20...

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