California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fernandez, B225298, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. PA064785 (Cal. App. 2011):
"At the core of the victim restitution statutory scheme is the mandate that a victim who suffers economic loss is entitled to restitution and that the restitution is to be 'based on the amount of loss claimed by the victim.' Thus, a victim seeking restitution . . . initiates the process by identifying the type of loss . . . he or she has sustained and its monetary value." (People v. Fulton, supra, 109 Cal.App.4th pp. 885-886.)
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