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PEOPLE v. ESCOBAR

Docket No. H008214.

235 Cal.App.3d 1504 (1991)

1 Cal. Rptr.2d 579

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSE AYALA ESCOBAR, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

November 14, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kenneth H. Nordin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Stan M. Helfman, Sharon G. Birenbaum, Christopher W. Grove and Bruce Ortega, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

AGLIANO, P.J.

The issue in this appeal is whether conviction of violating Vehicle Code section 20001, commonly referred to as "hit and run," may justify a restitution order requiring the defendant to pay for the injury caused by the underlying accident. As we shall explain, we conclude that conviction of such offense alone is legally insufficient to support such an order.<...

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