R.W.S. v. State

This juvenile case, originally a one-judge appeal, was ordered to be heard and decided by the panel because of the importance of the issues raised: whether the children's code authorizes an order of restitution on a charge which has been dismissed but read in, and whether it authorizes an order of restitution to an insurance company. We conclude the statute is broad enough to allow both. We affirm.

R.W.S. was adjudged delinquent on the basis of a petition (petition "G") alleging that he had burglarized his parents' home on July 1, 1988. A second petition (petition "H") alleged that he had also…