California Court of Appeal

In a challenge to an order of restitution imposed following defendant's plea of nolo contendere to charge of driving with a blood alochol level of .08 percent or more and causing injury to another person, restitution order is affirmed over prosecution's claim that the restitution amount should have been the amount billed by victim's medical providers rather than the amount the medical providers accepted from victim's insurer as full payment for their services, plus the deductible paid by victim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/27/2008
• Published 10/27/2008

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steve Cooley, District Attorney, Patrick D. Moran, Phyllis Asayama and Cassandra Hart-Franklin, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Doherty & Catlow, John Doherty and Paul Sowa, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent.