People v. Engel

METZGER, Judge.

Defendant, James Engel, appeals the trial court order of restitution entered as part of a sentence to probation. As grounds for this appeal, defendant argues that: 1) the trial court deprived him of his constitutional right to notice by awarding an amount of restitution greater than that originally requested by the People; 2) the trial court improperly imposed the burden of proof on him to disprove claimed damages; 3) the trial court included in its restitution order amounts not properly chargeable to him; and 4) the trial court erred by failing to make written findings…