Opinion ID: 889498
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Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Did the District Court properly impose restitution?

Text: ¶ 41 The court imposed restitution payments on Williams for Jane Doe's reasonable medical and counseling costs. The District Court imposed no specific amount of restitution. Section 46-18-244(1), MCA, mandates that the sentencing court shall specify the total amount of restitution that the offender shall pay. ¶ 42 The State concedes that the requirement of § 46-18-244(1), MCA, to specify the amount of restitution applies. The State presented no evidence of the amount of loss suffered by Jane Doe. We do not doubt that Jane Doe suffered greatly as a result of Williams's attack. The State elected to forgo any effort, however, to quantify her loss in the form of future counseling expenses or other areas. Accordingly, § 46-18-244(1), MCA, requires the Court to reverse the District Court's imposition of a restitution award.