Supreme Court of Florida

A settlement and release of liability between an victim and a defendant in a civil claim for damages prior to the disposition of a criminal case based on the same incident does not prohibit the trial court, as a matter of law, from ordering restitution in the criminal case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/09/2003
• Published 10/09/2003

Judges

• PARIENTE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Lyle Hitchens, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Judy Taylor Rush, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent.