Supreme Court of Florida

An order of restitution, for damages arising out of an automobile accident occurring while defendant is driving with a suspended license, is not required where the state fails to show a sufficient connection between the act of driving without a license and the accident.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/20/2002
• Published 06/20/2002

Judges

• PARIENTE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Benjamin W. Maserang, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio Bureau Chief, West Palm Beach, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Respondent.