California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. B.H, A126480, No. C-153577-06 (Cal. App. 2010):
4." [T]he Legislature is under an express constitutional mandate (Cal. Const., art. I, 28, subd. (b)) to enact laws requiring trial courts to order restitution "in every case... in which a crime victim suffers a loss...." ' [Citation.]" (People v. Giordano (2007) 42 Cal.4th 644, 655.)
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