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IN RE BRIAN S.

Docket No. 20683.

130 Cal.App.3d 523 (1982)

181 Cal. Rptr. 778

In re BRIAN S., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BRIAN S., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

April 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Laurance S. Smith, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Nancy L. Sweet and Clayton S. Tanaka, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

SPARKS, J.

The principal question in this appeal is whether the juvenile court is required to use the comparable civil measure of damages when fixing the amount of restitution to be paid to a victim of theft. We hold that the court may use any rational method of fixing the amount of restitution which is reasonably calculated to make the victim whole and which is consistent with the purpose of rehabilitation.

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