Jones v. State, 846 So. 2d 662 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

Cases | Jones v. State, 846 So. 2d 662 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003) | 2018

The defendant pled guilty to driving with a revoked license and resisting law enforcement officers without violence and was sentenced to probation and $50 restitution. On appeal, he argued that the order to pay restitution to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was improper. The court of appeals held that it was improper “[b]ecause the sheriff’s office does not qualify as a victim for payment of restitution pursuant to section 775.089(1)(c). . . . However, because [the defendant] agreed to pay $50 in investigative costs to the sheriff’s office as part of his written plea agreement, on remand the trial court may include this assessment as an individual condition of [the defendant’s] probation.” The order was reversed and remanded.