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“The district court has broad discretion to award restitution, and the district court’s order will not be reversed absent an abuse of that discretion.”

But a district court “may order restitution only for losses that are directly caused by, or follow naturally as a consequence of, the defendant’s crime.” (“The primary purpose of [restitution] is to restore crime victims to the same financial position they were in before the crime.”).

“[A] district court may order restitution only for losses that are directly caused by, or follow naturally as a consequence of, the defendant’s crime.” State v. Boettcher

“To dete rmine ‘whether to order restitution’ and ‘the amount of restitution,’ a district court mu st consider the defendant’s ability to pay and the lo ss sustained by the victim of the crime.” State v. Boettcher , (quoting Minn. Stat. § 611A.045, subd.

Second, the state acknowledges the supreme court’s opinion in State v. Boettcher, which held that “a district court may order restitution only for losses that are directly caused by, or follow naturally as a consequence of, the defendant’s crime.” 5 (Minn. 2019).

See State v. Boettcher , d 376, 381-82 (Minn. 2019).

7 defendant’s crime.” State v. Boettcher , (footnote omitted).