Opinion
C069789
08-23-2012
In re J.D., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. J.D., Defendant and Appellant.
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
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(Super. Ct. No. JV132772)
Minor J.D. (minor) drove a car, without a license, and while fleeing from the police hit juvenile victim T.M.'s car with T.M. and others inside. Minor claims the juvenile court abused its discretion by ordering him to pay restitution in the amount of $6,672.66 to cover T.M.'s cost to repair his car rather than its $3,000 purchase price. We disagree and shall affirm the restitution order.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On April 22, 2011, California Highway Patrol officers attempted to stop a car driven by minor; minor accelerated to over 80 miles per hour, ran four stop signs, and collided with a 1996 Ford Ranger occupied by juvenile victims T.M. and two others.
On July 13, 2011, minor admitted charges of evading a peace officer by means of a vehicle chase (Veh. Code, § 2800.2, subd. (a)), driving without a license (Veh. Code, § 12500, subd. (a)), and driving without proof of insurance (Veh. Code, § 16028, subd. (a)). He was found suitable for deferred entry of judgment (DEJ). His admission to DEJ was held in abeyance pending completion of a probation-supervised program and restitution was ordered in an amount to be determined.
On November 3, 2011, the juvenile court conducted the restitution hearing. At that hearing, T.M. submitted documentation showing he had purchased his 1996 Ford Ranger in February 2011, for $3,000. T.M. also submitted an estimate from Mel Rapton Collision Center showing that repair of the Ranger, with an odometer reading of 146,005 miles, would cost $6,672.66. Minor objected to any amount of restitution exceeding the $3,000 purchase price. The juvenile court ordered the minor to pay the $6,672.66 cost of repair.
DISCUSSION
Minor contends the juvenile court's restitution order of $6,672.66 was an abuse of discretion because the order was significantly higher than the $3,000 replacement value of the Ranger, thereby constituting a windfall to T.M.
In People v. Stanley (2012) 54 Cal.4th 734, the California Supreme Court rejected this contention in a nearly identical fact pattern. We are bound to reject it as well. (See Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior Court (1962) 57 Cal.2d 450, 455.)
DISPOSITION
The restitution order is affirmed.
DUARTE, J. We concur: BLEASE, Acting P. J. HULL, J.