D.D., a child v. State of Florida

D.D. appeals the trial court’s order requiring him to pay $2500 in restitution after he entered a plea of no contest to the charges of burglary of a dwelling and grand theft. We agree with D.D. that the restitution award was based on speculation, and the trial court added an arbitrary depreciation value across-the-board, and therefore reverse.

At the restitution hearing, the victim of the burglary and theft testified regarding multiple items that were taken from his home, including two laptops and multiple pieces of jewelry, and to some damage inflicted upon his home during the taking. After…