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Interest on Washington Restitution Cannot Be Suspended
Loaded on April 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2003, page 10
In a brief ruling, a Washington state appeals court held that trial courts lack the statutory authority to suspend the accrual of interest on court ordered restitution. Dean Claypool pled guilty to second degree assault charges and, in addition to a prison sentence, was ordered to pay unspecified legal financial …
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