Case Name: Willie Frank McWILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-05-18
Citations: 524 So. 2d 740
Docket Number: No. 87-3327
Parties: Willie Frank McWILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HERSEY, C.J., and DELL and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 524
Pages: 740–740

Head Matter:
Willie Frank McWILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-3327.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 18, 1988.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ellen Morris, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Amy Lynn Diem, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Willie Frank McWilliams was tried and found guilty of burglary and grand theft. The item stolen was a VCR with a value of $399.95. As a part of the sentence the trial court ordered restitution in the sum of $1,174.95. As conceded by the state, restitution cannot require payment in excess of the amount of damages which the defendant caused the victim. Fresneda v. State, 347 So.2d 1021 (Fla.1977) and Riley v. State, 506 So.2d 479 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987). The proper and maximum amount of restitution was the value of the VCR, $399.95, plus the cost of replacing the window broken by McWilliams in the course of the burglary, $400.00, for a total of $799.95.
We reverse and remand with instructions to correct the amount of restitution required in accordance herewith.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
HERSEY, C.J., and DELL and WALDEN, JJ., concur.