People v. Pangan

Opinion

BEDSWORTH, Acting P. J.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a driving under the influence with injury case (Veh. Code, § 23153) in which the .trial judge’s conscientious and painstaking calculation of a restitution award failed to take into account the time value of money. When the court computed the value of the victim’s $246.50 per month in pension benefits, it multiplied that monthly benefit by a calculated likely lifespan and ordered a payment of $70,000. Defense counsel did not object, and defendant was hit with a restitution order that overstates the victim’s actual economic loss by,thousands…