People v. Sexton
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PHELAN, J.
Defendant Hank Sexton appeals from a judgment of conviction after his guilty plea. He challenges the conditions of his grant of probation requiring restitution. We conclude that the court could properly order a restitution fine equaling the statutory minimum despite its finding that defendant lacked the ability to pay and, in the published portion of the opinion, that the court could not order restitution to a third party insurer whose only “injury” resulted from payments to the victim under a contract of insurance.
Background
On July 21, 1993, defendant pleaded guilty to…
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