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People v. Walker

California Court of Appeal

Decided November 26, 2014No. B254183PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

HOFFSTADT, J.

Can a criminal defendant sentenced to prison for driving under the influence (DUI) causing injury, when multiple injuries arise out of a single incident, be ordered to pay restitution to victims injured in that incident who are not named in the charging document? The answer is yes, and we modify but affirm the judgment, and affirm the restitution order.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Rick Allen Walker (Defendant) drove his pickup truck the wrong way on State Route 14. He hit eight different vehicles, which were carrying a total of nine passengers. Defendant had consumed…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. People v. LentCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  2. People v. HarveyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
  3. People v. CarbajalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
  4. People v. GiordanoCalifornia Supreme Court · 2007
  5. People v. CantyCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2017
  2. People v. FoalimaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
  3. People v. Dimacali, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2019
  4. People v. S.O. (In re S.O.), California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
  5. Crump v. Superior Court of L. A. Cnty., California Court of Appeal, 5th District2019

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