Areizaga v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that medical bills are words of contract and admissible in a restitution hearing as non-hearsay verbal acts
• noting that testimony linking medical bills to victim’s injuries was sufficient to show the loss related to the defendant’s offense
• reversing restitution order where court did not consider ability to pay
• reversing restitution order where court did not consider ability to pay
• “The patient’s obligation is not to pay whatever the provider demands, but only a reasonable amount.”
• court must determine what child \may reasonably be expected to earn upon finding suitable employment and base the amount of restitution on those earnings\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).