Case Name: Kevin CHOPPOLLA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-03-04
Citations: 594 So. 2d 344
Docket Number: No. 91-01941
Parties: Kevin CHOPPOLLA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SCHOONOVER, C.J., and CAMPBELL and ALTENBERND, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 594
Pages: 344–345

Head Matter:
Kevin CHOPPOLLA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91-01941.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
March 4, 1992.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Allyn Giambalvo, Asst. Public Defender, Clearwater, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Mr. Choppolla was charged with theft of an automobile. He pled to the lesser offense of trespass to a conveyance, and an order of restitution was entered on that conviction. At the restitution hearing, the defendant objected to the entry of the restitution order because the state had not established that the proposed damages were directly or indirectly related to the punished offense. See Salvador v. State, 1992 WL 16023, 17 F.L.W. D374 (Fla.2d DCA Jan. 29, 1992). The trial court entered the restitution order without requiring the state to prove this connection. Accordingly, we strike the order of restitution.
SCHOONOVER, C.J., and CAMPBELL and ALTENBERND, JJ., concur.