{"id":775,"date":"2021-11-20T16:35:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T21:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampacriminallawyer.net\/?p=775"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:10:58","slug":"florida-court-discusses-restitution-in-criminal-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/florida-court-discusses-restitution-in-criminal-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Court Discusses Restitution in Criminal Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a person is convicted of a crime, the court will often not only sentence them to prison but also require them to make restitution. Criminal defendants and the state frequently disagree over what constitutes reasonable recompense, however. This was illustrated in a recent child pornography <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca11\/20-10339\/20-10339-2020-10-26.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case<\/a> in Florida, where the defendant challenged a $10,000 reparation award to the victim. If you&#8217;ve been charged with a child pornography crime, it is in your best interest to speak with a Florida criminal defense lawyer as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to reports, the defendant was found guilty of possessing child pornography. He was sentenced to pay $10,000 in compensation to the victim of his crime after his conviction. He filed an appeal, claiming that the amount of compensation awarded did not accurately reflect his role in the victim&#8217;s injury, and requesting a new hearing on the restitution decision. The defendant&#8217;s request was denied by the appellate court, which upheld the lower court&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/florida-court-discusses-restitution-in-criminal-matters\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Florida Court Discusses Restitution in Criminal Matters\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a person is convicted of a crime, the court will often not only sentence them to prison but also require them to make restitution. Criminal defendants and the state frequently disagree over what constitutes reasonable recompense, however. This was illustrated in a recent child pornography case in Florida, where the defendant challenged a $10,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criminal-process","category-sex-crimes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Restitution in Florida Criminal Cases<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get a simple guide to restitution in Florida criminal cases and how courts decide what victims should be paid back.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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