In re Gumpf

The decedent, James D. Gumpf, Jr., was killed on October 31, 1986. The applicants are the decedent’s mother and child. The single commissioner found that the applicants met the jurisdictional requirements necessary for an award of reparations; however, the single commissioner denied the application for an award because the victim had a prior felony record.

The Attorney General’s investigation revealed that the decedent pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property, a felony of the fourth degree, on March 9,1981. The criminally injurious conduct occurred within ten years after the felony…