California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Weber, B244008 (Cal. App. 2013):
and narrow. When section 1203.1 provides the court with discretion to achieve a defendant's reformation, its ambit is necessarily broader, allowing a sentencing court the flexibility to encourage a defendant's reformation as the circumstances of his or her case require." (People v. Anderson (2010) 50 Cal.4th 19, 29.) "Restitution 'impresses upon the offender the gravity of the harm he has inflicted upon another and provides an opportunity to make amends.' [Citation.]" (Id. at p. at p. 27.) In addition, a defendant who violates this condition, or any other condition, of probation becomes subject to revocation of probation and the imposition of a prison sentence.
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