STATE v. PATEL

No. CR-19-0366-PR.

486 P.3d 188 (2021)

STATE of Arizona, Appellant, v. Vivek A. PATEL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

May 4, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phoenix City Prosecutor's Office, Jennifer Booth , Amy Offenberg (argued), Assistant Phoenix City Prosecutors, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Michael J. Dew (argued), Michael J. Dew , Attorney at Law, Phoenix, Attorney for Vivek A. Patel.

Sabrina Ayers Fisher , Maricopa County Public Advocate, Phoenix; Sherri McGuire Lawson , Maricopa County Legal Defender, Jennifer A. Ceppetelli (argued), Deputy Legal Defender, Phoenix; and David J. Euchner , Pima County Public Defender's Office, Tucson, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Maricopa County Public Advocate, Maricopa County Legal Defender, and Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice.

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Brunn (Beau) W. Roysden III , Solicitor General, Michael T. O'Toole , Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section, Linley Wilson , Deputy Solicitor General, Katherine Jessen , Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Attorney General's Office.

Randall Udelman , Arizona Crime Victim Rights Law Group, Scottsdale, Attorney for Amici Curiae Arizona Crime Victim Rights Law Group and National Crime Victim Law Institute.

JUSTICE MONTGOMERY authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER and JUSTICES BOLICK, LOPEZ, and BEENE joined.


¶1 This matter involves a conflict between constitutional and statutory provisions concerning a crime victim's right to restitution. The Victims' Bill of Rights ("VBR") guarantees a victim's right to receive prompt restitution for loss or injury caused by a defendant's criminal conduct. Ariz. Const...

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