Payne v. State, 873 So. 2d 621 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

Cases | Payne v. State, 873 So. 2d 621 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004) | 2018

The defendant pled no contest to one count of felony battery and was ordered to pay restitution. On appeal, the defendant argued that the state failed to prove direct causation between the defendant’s offense and the victim’s damages. The court of appeals held that the State did not meet its burden of establishing that the amounts paid out for the ambulance were connected to the defendant’s crime. The order was reversed and remanded for a new restitution hearing.