California Court of Appeal

Under Government Code section 13961(c), a crime victim's application for assistance from the Restitution Fund is not timely unless it is filed within the maximum period of three years after the date of the crime years even if law enforcement failed to inform the victim of his potential eligibility of restitution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/30/2001
• Published 10/30/2001

Judges

• SCOTLAND, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Martin H. Milas, Silvia M. Diaz, Jacob Appelsmith, Assistant Attorneys General, Marybelle D. Archibald, James M. Schiavenza, Steven Kaiser, James E. McFetridge and Noreen P. Skelly, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant., Eisen & Johnston, Jay-Allen Eisen Law Corporation, Jay-Allen Eisen, Marian M. Johnston, Frederic L. Snowden;  and Michael J. Siegel for Plaintiffs and Respondents.