COMMONWEALTH v. CASANOVA

No. 05-P-715.

65 Mass. App. Ct. 750 (2006)

COMMONWEALTH v. JASON J. CASANOVA.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

March 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adriana Contartese for the defendant.

Judith Ellen Pietras, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: Laurence, Lenk, & Grasso, JJ.


GRASSO, J.

Commonwealth v. McIntyre, 436 Mass. 829 (2002), establishes that the scope of restitution in a criminal proceeding is limited to loss or damage that is "causally connected to the offense and bears a significant relationship to the offense" (citation omitted). Id. at 835. On appeal from a restitution order that required payment for lost tuition occasioned by the victim's withdrawal from college, the...

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