People v. Becker, 84 N.W.2d 833 (Mich. 1957)

Cases | People v. Becker, 84 N.W.2d 833 (Mich. 1957) | 2018

The defendant pled guilty to the charge of unlawfully leaving the scene of a personal-injury accident. As a condition of probation, the defendant was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,244.48 for medical bills within one year. The defendant failed to pay restitution and his probation was revoked. On appeal, the defendant claimed that the portion of the probation order requiring restitution was without statutory warrant. The supreme court vacated the sentence and remanded to trial court for correction of the probation order. Even where imposition of the restitution requirement is held to be proper under the circumstances of the particular case before the court, it can be imposed only as to loss caused by the offense for which the defendant was tried and convicted. The act of which the defendant was convicted was not that of striking down but of leaving.