Supreme Court of Florida

Florida Statutes section 775.089 does not authorize a restitution award for the lost wages of a next of kin voluntarily attending the murder trial of the person accused of killing the victim. However, Florida Statutes section 775.089 authorizes a restitution award for the estate of a murder victim of an amount consisting of the lost future income of the victim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/06/2006
• Published 07/06/2006

Judges

• WELLS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James S. Purdy, Public Defender and Thomas J. Lukashow and Marvin F. Clegg, Assistant Public Defenders, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Kristen L. Davenport, Belle B. Schumann and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent.