California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rios, 10 Cal.App.4th 772, 12 Cal.Rptr.2d 805 (Cal. App. 1992):
2 People v. Keele, supra, 178 Cal.App.3d 701, 224 Cal.Rptr. 32, on the other hand, involved restitution to victims, for which there is no statutory requirement of a special hearing or even finding on the defendant's ability to pay. (People v. Ryan (1988) 203 Cal.App.3d 189, 193, 249 Cal.Rptr. 750.)
3 Although there was a probation report, the opinion does not say whether the probation officer inquired into defendant's ability to pay, recommended payment of probation supervision costs, cited the applicable code section, and/or contained a written statement of findings relevant to a determination of defendant's ability to pay. (People v. Adams, supra, 224 Cal.App.3d at p. 708, fn. 1, 274 Cal.Rptr. 94.)
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