Is a plaintiff entitled to restitution on behalf of a deceased, minor or physically or psychologically incapacitated victim?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Carter, C078010 (Cal. App. 2018):
deceased, a minor, or physically or psychologically incapacitated' (ibid., italics added). Here again, the implication is that a defined victim, and only a defined victim, is entitled to restitution on his or her own personal behalf, or on the personal behalf of the deceased, minor, or incapacitated victim he or she lawfully represents." (People v. Runyan (2012) 54 Cal.4th 849, 859-860, original italics.)
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