Legal Opinion
Benton v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided June 29, 1998No. 340, 1997PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice:
Following a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant-appellant, Melissa Benton (“Benton”), was convicted of Felony Theft and Falsifying Business Records. She was found to have embezzled funds in the course of her employment as an accounts receivable clerk. In this appeal, Benton does not contest the merits of her convictions. She only challenges the Superior Court’s judgments with regard to the total amount of $21,450.65 in restitution that she was ordered to pay.
Benton contends that the Superior Court erred, as a matter of law, by ordering her to pay restitution in an…
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