Gaines v. State, 571 A.2d 765 (Del. 1990)

Cases | Gaines v. State, 571 A.2d 765 (Del. 1990) | 2018

Defendant was convicted of second-degree burglary, felony theft, and criminal mischief. The trial court ordered the defendant to make restitution to the victims in an amount to be determined by the presentence officer. The award was calculated based on an investigation and victim-loss statements. The defendant sought a sentence reduction and claimed that the restitution order was improperly calculated. The court found that the defendant’s restitution claim was not presented to the trial court in his motion for sentence reduction and could not be raised for the first time on appeal.