California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Belisle, C085481 (Cal. App. 2018):
We also note that, in terms of admissibility of the report in general, " ' " '[s]entencing judges are given virtually unlimited discretion as to the kind of information they can consider and the source from whence it comes.' [Citation.]" . . . This is so because a hearing to establish the amount of restitution does not require the formalities of other phases of a criminal prosecution. [Citation.]' [Citations.]" (People v. Hove (1999) 76 Cal.App.4th 1266, 1275.) Thus, the court was free to consider the report notwithstanding any hearsay.
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