Hawthorne v. State

Miller, Judge.

Russell Hawthorne pled guilty to a burglary indictment charging that, on March 3, 2006, he and co-defendants Alice Armour and Cory Brooks unlawfully entered a lumber mill known as Forsyth Hardwoods (the “Sawmill”) with intent to commit a theft. After a hearing, the trial court ordered that each defendant pay the Sawmill restitution in the amount of $30,000 to repair the damages done to the Sawmill incident to the theft of copper wiring from the facility as well as rewiring it.

Hawthorne appeals the restitution order only, contending that there was insufficient evidence to prove…