{"id":790,"date":"2022-02-13T01:31:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T06:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampacriminallawyer.net\/?p=790"},"modified":"2026-01-08T07:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:06:47","slug":"florida-court-discusses-enforcement-of-restitution-orders-in-criminal-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/florida-court-discusses-enforcement-of-restitution-orders-in-criminal-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Court Discusses Enforcement of Restitution Orders in Criminal Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In many criminal cases, the courts will order a person convicted of a crime to pay restitution. Further, the government is permitted to enforce restitution orders by garnishing or collecting a defendant\u2019s property, with few exceptions. Recently, a Florida court analyzed whether it could collect restitution from a defendant\u2019s inmate trust account in a <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca11\/21-10651\/21-10651-2022-02-18.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case<\/a> in which the defendant was convicted for child pornography crimes. If you are charged with a sex crime, it is wise to meet with a skilled Tampa sex-crime defense attorney to discuss your rights.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The History of the Case<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It is reported that in 2015, the defendant was charged with receiving child pornography. He entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to 240 months in prison. He was also ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution to the victims harmed by his crime. In January 2021, the government filed a motion requesting that the district court issue an order allowing the Bureau of Prisons to turn over money in the defendant\u2019s inmate trust account as payment towards the restitution he owed after the defendant received a $1,200 check from the government pursuant to the CARES Act. Specifically, the government sought $1,100 of the payment the defendant received. The defendant opposed the motion, but the court granted it. The defendant then appealed.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Enforcement of Restitution Orders in Criminal Cases<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In cases involving child pornography crimes, restitution is mandatory. The appellate court explained that orders of restitution in such cases operate as a lien in favor of the government on all property and property rights of the person fined. Thus, the government can enforce a restitution order against a defendant\u2019s property unless it falls under one of few enumerated exceptions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/florida-court-discusses-enforcement-of-restitution-orders-in-criminal-cases\/#more-790\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many criminal cases, the courts will order a person convicted of a crime to pay restitution. Further, the government is permitted to enforce restitution orders by garnishing or collecting a defendant\u2019s property, with few exceptions. Recently, a Florida court analyzed whether it could collect restitution from a defendant\u2019s inmate trust account in a case [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Restitution Orders in Florida: Enforcement Rules<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read how Florida enforces restitution orders and what happens if you cannot pay as required after a criminal case.\" \/>\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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