What’s most important about the high court’s decision in Paroline is that when courts assess mandatory restitution on defendants, “you have to look at the defendant’s conduct and see if the award is proportional to the defendant’s conduct or it could violate the Eighth Amendment,” said veteran Houston criminal defense attorney Stan Schneider, who represented Doyle R. Paroline.
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