Nemecek (Barbara) v. State

on numbers provided by the victim, the Division recommended that Nemecek pay $125,230.35 in restitution. At the sentencing hearing, Nemecek objected to the restitution request and asked that the State "be required to prove it as opposed to [the district court] just taking their word for it." Nemecek also challenged the manner in which the requested restitution amount was calculated, arguing that the victim was "double counting the money." The victim testified at the sentencing hearing that he "went back as far as four years" and determined that Nemecek embezzled over $200,000 from his company, but no documentation was provided by the victim or the State to support the claim. When asked by defense counsel if he supplied the numbers and information to the investigating officers while the case was pending, the victim replied: Yes, we did turn in, I think he said he had a record of up to hundred something thousand, but could only find [$153,000 in the documents we gave him. He couldn't find the other in the documents we gave him. They are somewhere. We could probably come up with them if we tried hard enough.

We conclude that the district court abused its discretion by imposing restitution in the amount of $125,230.35. See Igbinovia v. State, 111 Nev. 699, 707, 895 P.2d 1304, 1309 (1995) (the district court's imposition of a condition of probation is reviewed for an abuse of discretion); see also Crawford v. State, 121 Nev. 744, 748, 121 P.3d 582, 585 (2005) ("An abuse of discretion occurs if the district court's decision is arbitrary or capricious or if it exceeds the bounds of law or reason." (internal quotations omitted)). The State failed to provide substantial evidence or a sufficient factual basis to support the amount awarded in

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excess of the agreed-upon figure of $53,958.35; therefore, we vacate the restitution award and remand the matter to the district court with instructions to conduct a restitution hearing. Accordingly, we ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED IN PART AND VACATED IN PART AND REMAND this matter to the district court for proceedings consistent with this order.

J. Hardesty

TP Parraguirre t

Cherry

cc: Hon. Scott N. Freeman, District Judge David Kalo Neidert Attorney General/Carson City Washoe County District Attorney Washoe District Court Clerk

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