P. v. Blankenship CA4/2
Pursuant to a plea agreement, defendant and appellant James Robert Blankenship pled guilty to unlawful driving of a vehicle (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)) and admitted that he had one prior conviction under Penal Code section 666.5 and one prior strike conviction (Pen. Code, §§ 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d), 667, subds. (b)-(i)). In return, a trial court sentenced him to three years in state prison. At a subsequent restitution hearing, the court ordered defendant to pay $2,788.40 in victim restitution for items that were missing from the victim’s car, a damaged transmission, mileage, and lost wages.
On appeal, defendant argues that the court abused its discretion in ordering him to pay restitution, since he pled guilty to unlawful driving of a vehicle and not the taking of the vehicle. We affirm.
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