California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Carpenter, F077357 (Cal. App. 2021):
" 'The standard of review of a restitution order is abuse of discretion. "A victim's restitution right is to be broadly and liberally construed." [Citation.]" 'When there is a factual and rational basis for the amount of restitution ordered by the trial court, no abuse of discretion will be found by the reviewing court.'" '" (People v. Baker, supra, 126 Cal.App.4th at p. 467.) Moreover, although a restitution award may be challenged on the ground no substantial evidence supports the award, "[i]n reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, the' "power of the appellate court begins and ends with a determination as to whether there is any substantial evidence, contradicted or uncontradicted," to support the trial court's findings.' [Citations.] ... 'If the circumstances reasonably justify the [trial court's] findings,' the judgment may not be overturned when the circumstances might also reasonably support a contrary finding. [Citation.] We do not reweigh or reinterpret the evidence; rather, we determine whether there is sufficient evidence to support the inference drawn by the trier of fact." (Id. at pp. 468-469.)
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