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### MEMORANDUM DECISION Pursuant to Ind. Appellate Rule 65(D), this Memorandum Decision shall not be regarded as precedent or cited before any court except for the purpose of establishing the defense of res judicata, collateral estoppel, or the law of the case

. A TTORNEY FOR A PPELLANT Matthew M. Kubacki Indianapolis, Indiana A TTORNEY S FOR A PPELLEE Curtis T. Hill, Jr. Attorney General of Indiana J.T. Whitehead Deputy Attorney General Indianapolis, Indiana


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# COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIA NA
Kyra Jacobs , Appel lant

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### State of Indiana , Appellee

- Plaintiff September 18, 2018 Court of Appeals Ca se No. 18A

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### Case S ummary
[1] Kyra Jacobs appeals the trial court’s restitution order following her conviction for class A misdemeanor criminal mischief. Jacobs asserts that insufficient evidence support s the restitution order and that the trial court abused its discretion in f

ailing to inquire about her ability to pay . Finding the evidence sufficient and no abuse of discretion, we affirm.



### Facts and Procedural History
[2] Pro Logisti cs is a staffing agency that provides tem porary staffing for warehouses. O n August 9, 2017, Jacobs appeared at the Pro Logistics office and was upset “because she was turned away from a job assignment due to it being overfilled.” Tr. Vol. 2 a t 7. She was “irritated that she had wasted her time and was asking for reimbursement via gift card or some oth er kind of compensation for her time.” Id . After operations manager Christina Powell apologized to Jacobs and explained to her that the company did not reimburse for that kind of thing, Jacobs demanded to speak to a supervisor. Jacobs became more agitat ed, and Powell advised Jacobs that she needed to leave or the police would be called. Jacobs then stood up and pushed a computer “screen forward” onto the floor

. Id . at 20. She also smashed a picture frame and went behind the reception desk and threw a laser printer “to the ground

. ” Id . at 21. B oth the computer and the printer were “[ef]fectively destroyed.” Id

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[3] The State charged Jacobs with class A misdemeanor criminal mischief. Following a bench trial, the court found her guilty as charged a nd s entenced her to one year of non reporting probation. The trial court found Jacobs indigent as to court costs and instructed her that she could request to be found indigent as to the nominal fees associated with non reporting probation in the event she w as unable to pay those fees. The court ordered restitution in the amount of $1694 in favor of Pro Logistics, but specifically advised the parties that the restitution was “not a condition of Probation.” Id . at 41. Jacobs now appeals the restitution orde r. 

### Discussion and Decision Section 1

– The State presented sufficient evidence to support

the restitution order.
[4] Jacobs first contends that the restitution order is not supported by sufficient evidence. In sentencing a criminal defendant, a trial court ma y order the defendant to “[m]ake restitution ... to the victim of the crime for damage ... that was sustained by the victim.” Ind. Code § 35

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- 2.3(a)(6) . “An order of restitution is as much a part of a criminal sentence as a fine or other penalty.” Bell v. State , 59 N.E.3d 959, 962 (Ind. 2016) ( quotation marks and brackets omitted). The imposition of restitutio n falls “within the trial court’ s discretion, and we will reverse only on a showing of abuse of discretion.” Garcia v. State , 47 N.E.3d 1249, 1252 (Ind. Ct. App. 2015), trans. denied (2016). An abuse of discret ion occurs when the court’ s decision is against the logic and effect of the fac ts and circumstances before it. Id

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[5] “A restitution order must be supported by sufficient evidence of actual loss sustained by the victim of a crime.” Id . “Evidence supporting a restitution order is sufficient if it affords a reasonable basis for estimating loss and does not subject the trier of fact to mere speculation or conjecture.” Id . We will affirm the trial c ourt’ s decision regarding the amount of restitution to be paid if there is any evidence supporting the decision. Smith v. State , 990 N.E.2d 517 , 520 (Ind. Ct. App. 2013), trans. denied

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[6] The trial court ordered Jacobs to pay Pro Logistics $1694 in restituti on . Jacobs argues that the State presented insufficient evidence to support this estimation of the actual loss sustained. On the issue of restitution, Powe ll testified that Jacobs destroyed a computer and a printer. She stated that the estimated damage was $995 for the computer and $699 for the printer. She testified that the damage estimates were based on information she received from the company’s lead IT employee who was familiar wi th the cost of replacement, set up, and installation of those pieces o f equipment. This evidence is sufficient , as it afforded the trier of fact a reasonable basis for estimating the actual loss suffered by Pro Logistics. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s decision regarding the amount of restitution to be paid. 

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– The trial court was not required to inquire into

Jacobs’s ability to pay.
[7] Jacobs next asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in entering a restitution order without first inquiring into her ability to pay. It is well settled that when r estitution is ordered as a condition of probation or suspendedCourt of App eals of Indiana | Memorandum Decision 18A

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sentence , the court is required to inquire into the defendant ’s ability to pay. Pearson v. State , 883 N.E.2d 770, 772 (Ind. 2008). This rule is intended to prevent an indigent defendant from being imprisoned because of a probation violation based on her failure to pay restitution. Bell v. State , 59 N.E.3d 959, 963 (Ind. 2016). However, when restitution is ordered as part of an executed sentence, no inquiry into the ability to pay is required because restitution is merely a money judgment, and a defenda nt cannot be imprisoned for

non payment. Id

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[8] The trial court here s imply entered a money judgment against Jacobs . Indeed, the court declined to make the restitution order a condition of probatio n and specifically acknowledged, “We’ve not inquired [in]to her ability to pay. So I can’t make it a condition of Probation.” Tr. Vol. 2 at 40. Jacobs concedes this point but nevertheless argues that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to in quire into her ability to pay. Jacobs directs us to no legal authority, and we are unaware of any, which imposes such a requirement under the circumstances

. The trial court did not abuse its discretion.

[9] Affirmed.
Najam, J., and Pyle, J. , concur.