Karla Pineda-Liberato, Petitioner v. the People of the State of Colo — Coats, J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting…

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Justice Coats concurred in part and dissented from the conclusion that unpaid restitution could be collected after a defendant successfully completed a deferred judgment, withdrew the conditional guilty plea, and obtained dismissal with prejudice. He reasoned that, under the pre-2014 statutory scheme, restitution was available only through an order entered upon conviction, while a deferred judgment was merely a statutory continuance subject to probation-like conditions. Justice Eid joined the concurrence in part and dissent in part.