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People v. Crow

California Supreme Court

Decided December 30, 1993No. S026536PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

KENNARD, J.

We granted review in this case to address two related questions. First, when a defendant is convicted of welfare fraud (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 10980, subd. (c)), and the trial court denies probation, may the court order the defendant to pay restitution to the defrauded government *955agency? We conclude that the controlling statute, Government Code section 13967, subdivision (c), empowers the trial court to do so.

The second issue concerns the manner in which the loss in cases of welfare fraud is calculated to determine the applicability of the sentence enhancement provision of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. People v. LentCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  2. People v. RichardsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
  3. City of Los Angeles v. City of San FernandoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  4. People v. BroussardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
  5. People v. FosterCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1993

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. People v. BirkettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Lonberg v. City of RiversideDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2004
  3. People v. BernalCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2002
  4. Susana Ferreira v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General Ronald J. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
  5. Gomes v. County of MendocinoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995

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