In the Interest of R. H.

Ellington, Chief Judge.

In this juvenile delinquency case, R. H. appeals from a restitution order entered by the Juvenile Court of DeKalb County, contending that the State failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the goods he admitted stealing from the victim were worth $250, the amount that the court ordered him to pay. For the reasons explained below, we vacate the restitution order and remand.

OCGA § 17-14-3 allows for court-ordered restitution, as part of a sentence, to the victim of a crime. “The amount of restitution ordered shall not exceed the victim’s damages.” OCGA §…