Brown v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

ERVIN, Judge.

Appellant, David S. Brown, challenges a trial court’s order requiring him to pay $50,-281 in restitution in connection with his conviction for driving under the influence and causing serious bodily injury to another. Although we find no error in the imposition of restitution as a condition of appellant’s probation, we nevertheless conclude that the payment plan was improper and that appellant should not have been required to pay his own hospital bills as part of restitution. We therefore reverse and remand for further proceedings.

While driving his brother’s…