The People of the State of Colorado v. Benjamin Weeks

Summary

The court held that the restitution statute requires every judgment of conviction to contain one of four specified restitution orders and does not permit the issue of restitution to remain wholly open after sentencing. The ninety-one-day period for determining the restitution amount applies to the court, while a separate period governs the prosecution’s submission of supporting information; either period may be extended only by an express, timely finding of the statutorily specified justification. Because the trial court failed to make a timely express good-cause finding before ordering restitution nearly a year after conviction, it lacked authority to impose restitution.