Redden v. State

SILBERMAN, Judge.

William Grover Redden, III, was convicted of arson and appeals a restitution order that requires him to pay $50,000 in restitution to his mother. We agree with the State’s concession that the evidence was insufficient to support the restitution award; therefore, we reverse the restitution order and remand for a new restitution hearing.

Redden entered a guilty plea to arson of a house that his mother and her former husband owned. At the restitution hearing, Redden’s mother, Teresa Moura, testified by telephone. Her former husband had stopped making mortgage payments on the…