State v. Sivak, 806 P.2d 413 (Idaho 1990)

Cases | State v. Sivak, 806 P.2d 413 (Idaho 1990)

The defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. The defendant challenged the admission at trial of testimony by the victim’s husband describing the impact of the death and recommending the death penalty. The defendant also challenged admission of testimony by the...

State v. Searcy, 798 P.2d 914 (Idaho 1990)

Cases | State v. Searcy, 798 P.2d 914 (Idaho 1990)

The defendant was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery, and an enhancement for use of a firearm in commission of a felony. At sentencing, the trial judge admitted a victim impact statement from the victim’s family that included a death penalty recommendation. The defendant received a...

State v. Richmond, 43 P.3d 794 (Idaho Ct. App. 2002)

Cases | State v. Richmond, 43 P.3d 794 (Idaho Ct. App. 2002)

The defendant vandalized farm equipment and fields. The jury acquitted him of felony malicious injury to property but found him guilty of the lesser-included misdemeanor offense. The trial court ordered the defendant to pay restitution in the amounts of $8,330 to the victim and $6,498.54 to the...

Graham v. State, 779 So. 2d 370 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Cases | Graham v. State, 779 So. 2d 370 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

The defendant pled guilty to several charges, including two counts of grand theft and one count of obtaining property by a worthless check. On appeal, the defendant challenged two restitution orders. For the first order of restitution, the court of appeals held that the defendant was liable for...

Schotsch v. State, 670 So. 2d 127 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Cases | Schotsch v. State, 670 So. 2d 127 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

The defendant pled nolo contendere to three counts of dealing in stolen property and was ordered to pay restitution as a condition of parole after serving 23.5 months in prison. On appeal, he made three arguments, two of which were not properly preserved because he did not make timely objections....

Santiago v. State, 669 So. 2d 334 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Cases | Santiago v. State, 669 So. 2d 334 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

The defendants were convicted of trespass of an occupied structure and one of them was convicted also of battery when both defendants entered the victim’s home. As a result of these crimes, the victim took her four-year-old daughter to Virginia for one month out of fear for her safety. At the...

Sam (Seam) v. State, 741 So. 2d 1247 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Cases | Sam (Seam) v. State, 741 So. 2d 1247 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

The defendant appealed an order of restitution to the Florida Department of Insurance for $4,370.03 for the costs of investigating an insurance fraud claim against the defendant. The court of appeals held that Florida Department of Insurance is not a “victim” under the restitution...

S.B.L. v. State, 737 So. 2d 1131 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Cases | S.B.L. v. State, 737 So. 2d 1131 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

The appellant’s son was adjudicated for having burglarized a dwelling and the appellant was ordered to pay restitution. On appeal, the appellant made two arguments, including that her right to due process was violated when the trial court ordered her to pay restitution when she had had no...

Rosero v. State, 668 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Cases | Rosero v. State, 668 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

The defendant appealed a civil restitution lien granted to the defendant’s victim. The court of appeals held: 1) “that the amounts listed in section 960.293 represent reasonable estimates of the losses incurred by crime victims . . . and therefore imposition of a lien for the listed...

Rolling v. State, 741 So. 2d 627 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Cases | Rolling v. State, 741 So. 2d 627 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Defendant Rolling is a death-sentenced multiple murderer and, with appellant London, appealed from a lower court’s imposition of a lien, arguing that Fla. Stat. § 944.512, the state’s notoriety for profit law, is unconstitutional on its face and as applied. After a “bench...