Jones v. State

Appellant claims that the court erred in ordering restitution to an insurance company for amounts paid to the family of the victim of appellant’s crime. For the follow*1062ing reasons, we reverse and remand with directions that the provisions for restitution be stricken. See Jones v. State, 559 So.2d 204 (Fla.1990), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 111 S.Ct. 276, 112 L.Ed.2d 232 (1990); Abt v. State, 581 So.2d 1001 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991).

Appellant was convicted of third degree murder, grand theft and leaving the scene of an accident. Jones v. State, 502 So.2d 1375 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987). He stole a dump truck…