Koile pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Sean Cousins and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Cousins' family sought restitution and the judge ordered Koile to pay $2 million to Cousins' estate for lost future income and $19,000 to his parents for lost wages and expenses connected to their attendance of Koile's trial. The 5th District Court of Appeal reversed the restitution for Cousins' parents. The District Court upheld the restitution for the future lost income but reversed the award to be recalculated. The District Court also asked the Supreme Court if state law authorizes restitution for those two reasons.