Salvador v. State

ALTENBERND, Judge.

For the purposes of this opinion, we consolidate these two cases, which involve two separate automobile accidents. Each defendant was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injury. Each defendant was ordered to pay restitution for damages arising out of the automobile accident. § 316.027, Fla.Stat. (1989). Although the state established that the two accidents were caused by the defendants’ individual negligence, we conclude that the rule announced in State v. Williams, 520 So.2d 276 (Fla.1988), does not permit restitution for the damages because the damages do…