Bianchini v. State

We reverse the restitution award entered in this case because there was no competent evidence to support the extent of the award.

After being charged with a felony, appellant entered a negotiated plea to the misdemeanor offense of contracting without a license1 and agreed to pay restitution in an amount to be later determined at a restitution hearing.

The victims in this case were an elderly couple. Their son, who had a du-*248rabie power of attorney to handle his parents’ checking accounts, was the only witness at the restitution hearing. The son testified, properly, that his parents paid…