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were used to pay various expenses, including credit card bills,
doctors' bills, car payments, groceries, traveler's checks for
the honeymoon, and legal expenses for a business in which
petitioner was involved.
On September 25, 1989, a one-count information was filed in
the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, charging
petitioner with theft of property valued at over $100,000. The
charges stemmed from petitioner's misappropriation of Zebrowski
funds. Also on September 25, 1989, a three-count information was
filed charging petitioner with check forgery, uttering forged
instruments, and theft of property valued between $300 and
$20,000. This information related to petitioner's forgery of a
check in the amount of $5,695 made payable to Sullivan. Both
informations related to petitioner's activities between
January 1, 1988, and March 31, 1989. The charges against
petitioner carried a possible jail sentence of over 30 years.
All charges against petitioner were consolidated for trial. The
jury returned verdicts of guilty on all counts. On April 11,
1990, the court entered its judgment and sentence in petitioner's
case. Petitioner was placed on probation for 20 years, directed
to perform 50 hours of community service for each year of
probation, and ordered to pay court costs of $284.50 and to pay
restitution of $446,571. Zebrowski subsequently filed a civil
suit seeking restitution relating to petitioner's criminal
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