Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-19 19:05:45.107247+00
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12/19/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                           Case Number: DA 22-0569

                                       DA 22-0569
                                    _________________

 STATE OF MONTANA,

              Plaintiff and Appellee,

       v.                                                              ORDER

 ZACARIAS WAYNE RAGSDALE,

              Defendant and Appellant.
                                _________________

       Appellee State of Montana and Appellant Zacarias Wayne Ragsdale, by and through
their respective counsel, stipulate and jointly move for an order dismissing this appeal and
remanding the matter to the District Court with instructions for that court to amend its
written judgment to reduce Ragsdale’s restitution obligation.
       Ragsdale appealed from the August 11, 2022 Sentence, Order to Close File, and
Order Exonerating Bond entered in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County,
Cause No. ADC-20-737. The parties advise this Court that as part of a plea agreement,
Ragsdale agreed to pay restitution to the victims of his offense. Twenty victims submitted
pecuniary loss affidavits and supporting documents, with their claimed losses totaling
$19,252.53.    However, the District Court ordered Ragsdale to pay $19,752.53—an
apparent calculation error of the amounts owed two victims, G.S. and G.B., by $250 each.
       Without necessarily agreeing with all arguments advanced by Ragsdale on appeal,
the State concedes that it is in the interests of justice and efficiency to remand this case and
direct the District Court to amend the written judgment to reflect the correct restitution
amount. Ragsdale agrees to dismiss the remainder of his appeal with prejudice.
       Based on the parties’ stipulation, and good cause appearing,
       IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is REMANDED to the Eighth Judicial
District Court, Cascade County, with instructions for the District Court to amend its August
11, 2022 Sentence, Order to Close File, and Order Exonerating Bond in Cause No.
ADC-20-737 to reduce the restitution amounts owed to victims G.S. and G.B. by $250 each
and to reduce Ragsdale’s total restitution obligation to $19,252.53.
       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this appeal is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that REMITTITUR shall issue IMMEDIATELY
UPON REMAND.
       The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this Order to all counsel of record and to
presiding judge Honorable David J. Grubich.

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                                                                              Electronically signed by:
                                                                                    Mike McGrath
                                                                       Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court
                                                                                 December 19 2023