Johnny R. Williams v. State of Florida

Appellant pled no contest to grand theft of $300 or more, criminal mischief, and interfering with railroad equipment; the factual basis for these crimes was that appellant and a co-defendant dug up railroad culverts with the intention of selling the culverts as scrap metal. After a separate restitution hearing, appellant and his co-defendant were ordered to pay $5,050 in restitution.

Appellant challenges the restitution amount for two reasons. He first alleges the trial court abused its discretion by ordering $5,050 in restitution where the only evidence of that amount of restitution came from…