Case Name: Michael CHEEK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-09-19
Citations: 700 So. 2d 731
Docket Number: No. 96-3556
Parties: Michael CHEEK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: THOMPSON, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 700
Pages: 731–732

Head Matter:
Michael CHEEK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 96-3556.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Sept. 19, 1997.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 28, 1997.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and M.A. Lucas, Assistant Public Defender, Day-tona Beach, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and MaximiUian J. Changus, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
DAUKSCH, Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of restitution in a driving with a suspended license case. We quash the order.
Appellant backed an automobile into the roadway into the path of another vehicle, causing a crash. At the time he was operating the car his driving privileges had been suspended by the state, so he was charged with driving on a suspended license. At his sentencing the judge ordered him to pay restitution for the damages caused by the crash. Numerous cases hold this was error because the fact that his license was suspended was not causally related to the crash. State v. Williams, 520 So.2d 276 (Fla.1988); Longshore v. State, 655 So.2d 1139 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995); Ochoa v. State, 596 So.2d 515 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992); Stewart v. State, 571 So.2d 485 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990). See Glaubius v. State, 688 So.2d 913 (Fla.1997).
Whether one agrees with the cases is not determinative of whether they must be adhered to. The order must be quashed.
ORDER QUASHED.
THOMPSON, J., concurs.
W. SHARP, J., dissents with opinion.