Knowles v. State of Florida

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT EDWARD ROY KNOWLES, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 2D2024-1253 February 19, 2025 Appeal from the County Court for Pinellas County; Robert G. Dittmer, Judge. Christopher M. Sierra of Christopher M. Sierra, P.A., Largo, for Appellant. John Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Taylor A. Schell, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. LABRIT, Judge. This appeal raises a straightforward but seemingly unanswered question: whether a county court may order restitution in a misdemeanor case in an amount that exceeds…