Trial court’s order to pay victim restitution pursuant to Penal Code section 1202.4 including lost wages arising from a conviction for burglary is affirmed as, even though the victim did not testify as a witness, the wages that he lost while attending criminal court proceedings constituted economic loss attributable to defendant’s misconduct. 

Read People v. Moore, No. C060618

Filed September 23, 2009

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Opinion by Judge Scotland

Counsel

For Appellant: Richard L. Fitzer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal

For Appelle:  Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stephen G. Herndon, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Paul E. O’Connor, Deputy Attorney General

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