PEOPLE v. CARBAJAL

Docket No. S036146.

10 Cal.4th 1114 (1995)

899 P.2d 67

43 Cal. Rptr.2d 681

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOSE CARBAJAL, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

August 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael D. Bradbury, District Attorney, Kent Baker, William Redmond and Kevin G. Denoce, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kenneth I. Clayman, Public Defender, Christine L. Briles, Susan R. Olson, Neil Quinn and Bryant A. Villagan, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Respondent.

Michael P. Judge, Public Defender (Los Angeles), David Meyer, Assistant Public Defender, Albert J. Menaster and Kathy Quant, Deputy Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.

In this case we are asked to decide whether, when a defendant is convicted of leaving the scene of an accident in violation of Vehicle Code section 20002, subdivision (a) (commonly known as "hit-and-run"),1 a trial court, in the proper exercise of its discretion, may order restitution as a condition of probation. (All further statutory references are to

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