P. v. Hewitt CA4/2
A felony complaint charged defendant and appellant Raymond Michael Hewitt and codefendant C.M. with first degree residential burglary (Pen. Code, § 459, count 1), and defendant, C.M., and codefendant S.F. with receiving stolen property exceeding $950 in value (§ 496, subd. (a), count 2). Defendant entered a plea agreement and pled guilty to count 2, in exchange for a two-year term in state prison and the dismissal of count 1. Following a restitution hearing, a trial court ordered defendant and C.M. to pay $30,547 in restitution jointly and severally.
On appeal, defendant contends the court erred in ordering him to pay victim restitution jointly and severally since he only pled guilty to receiving stolen property, and there was no evidence connecting his crime to the victim’s economic loss. The People concede the error, and we agree and reverse the restitution order as to defendant. In all other respects, we affirm the judgment.
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