State v. Lloyd Hardin McNeil

LANSING, Judge.

Lloyd Hardin McNeil was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, first degree arson, and grand theft. The district court ordered restitution in excess of twenty thousand dollars. In this appeal, McNeil argues that the district court erred by awarding restitution to the victim’s father for the cost of counseling and for an airline ticket for the victim’s brother to attend her memorial service.

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BACKGROUND

In a previous appeal, we described the background of this case:

On March 5, 2011, firefighters responded to a residential fire in a Boise neighborhood. The firefighters determined…