Case Name: Willard M. LONGSHORE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-03-10
Citations: 655 So. 2d 1139
Docket Number: No. 94-1129
Parties: Willard M. LONGSHORE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HARRIS, C.J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 655
Pages: 1139–1141

Head Matter:
Willard M. LONGSHORE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 94-1129.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
March 10, 1995.
Rehearing Denied June 15, 1995.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Asst. Public Defender, Day-tona Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Barbara Arlene Fink, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
GRIFFIN, Judge.
On October 9, 1993, appellant, William M. Longshore ["Longshore"], was operating a motorcycle in South Daytona with a passenger on board. When he tried to maneuver between two vehicles, he was involved in an accident. His passenger was injured in the accident. Longshore fled the scene. He was charged with failure to stop at an accident scene resulting in personal injuries. He entered into a written plea agreement. The restitution portion of the plea form was left blank.
Longshore was given probation and was ordered to pay restitution. At the hearing to determine the amount of restitution, the trial judge determined that restitution to his passenger in the amount of $2,228.00 was appropriate. Longshore objected and now appeals the restitution award, which we vacate.
There is nothing in the record to suggest that the injuries suffered by the passenger riding on Longshore's motorcycle were caused or exacerbated by Longshore's flight on foot from the scene after the accident. The fact that the accident that preceded the commission of the offense was Longshore's fault is not a legal basis to order restitution. State v. Williams, 520 So.2d 276 (Fla.1988).
We also strike the imposition of the payment to First Step of Volusia County, Tibero v. State, 646 So.2d 213 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994), and we strike the public defender lien without prejudice to reimpose it upon remand by following proper procedure. Smith v. State, 622 So.2d 638 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993).
JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE AFFIRMED; RESTITUTION VACATED; COSTS STRICKEN.
HARRIS, C.J., concurs.
THOMPSON, J., concurs in part; dissents in part, with opinion.
. § 316.027(l)(a), Fla.Stat. (1993).