California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cornejo, 207 Cal.Rptr.3d 366, 3 Cal.App.5th 36 (Cal. App. 2016):
The final claim asserted by all defendants is that their respective abstracts of judgment must be modified to reflect the victim restitution order is a joint and several obligation. The Attorney General concedes the point. We accept the concession and order the modification. (See People v. Leon (2004) 124 Cal.App.4th 620, 622, 21 Cal.Rptr.3d 394 [trial court may impose liability on each defendant to pay the full amount of the economic loss as long as the victim does not obtain a double recovery]; People v. Blackburn (1999) 72 Cal.App.4th 1520, 1535, 86 Cal.Rptr.2d 134 [to avoid double recovery, the court has authority to order victim restitution paid jointly and severally].)
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