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State of Iowa
v.
John Houston Fraley
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
John Houston Fraley
Attorney for the Appellee
Martha E. Trout, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Erin M. Carr
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Taylor County, Elisabeth Reynoldson, Judge. WRIT ANNULLED. Considered by Bower, C.J., Badding, J., and Danilson, S.J. Opinion by Danilson, S.J. (5 pages)
John Fraley challenges a restitution order. He claims the State failed to establish a utility company was entitled to restitution to replace a utility pole that caught fire after Fraley started a fire in a nearby burn barrel and left it unattended. OPINION HOLDS: The State established causation between Fraley’s conduct and the damage to the utility pole; therefore, the utility company was entitled to restitution to cover the cost of replacing the utility pole.
