C.W. v. State

CRENSHAW, Judge.

C.W., a minor, appeals from a judgment' and restitution order after he entered a plea of no contest to grand theft. He was adjudicated delinquent and placed on probation for a period not to exceed his nineteenth birthday and restitution was ordered to be paid in the amount of $664 at a rate of $25 monthly. On appeal, C.W. argues that it was error to hold the restitution hearing without his presence and that the court failed to find that C.W. had the ability to pay. As our ruling on his presence is dispositive, we do not reach the issue of ability to pay.

The State agrees that…