R.A.B. v. State

STRINGER, Judge.

R.A.B., a juvenile, seeks review of the restitution order entered after he pleaded no contest to obstructing or opposing an officer without violence. R.A.B. argues that the damage and loss suffered by the victim did not bear a significant relationship to the offense and were improperly established by hearsay testimony. We agree that the damage and loss did not bear a significant relationship to the offense and reverse on that basis.

The charges in this case arose from an incident in which R.A.B. fled after police stopped the stolen car in which he was a passenger. The State…