LAGOA, J.
The defendant, Martin Smith, appeals from an order of restitution entered against him after he pled guilty to second-degree murder with a deadly weapon. We reverse and remand for a new restitution hearing because the State's evidence was improperly based on hearsay.
FACTS
In 1999, Martin Smith was charged by indictment with the first-degree murder of Stephen Burke after Smith cut Burke's throat with a knife. Six years later, on April...
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