Daffeh

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Daffeh was charged with driving or taking a vehicle without consent (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)) and receiving stolen property (§ 496d, subd. (a)). According to the victim’s testimony at Daffeh’s preliminary hearing, the victim’s work truck went missing on or about August 13, 2017 and was recovered on August 19, 2017. On January 11, 2018, the victim provided the prosecutor’s office with a restitution claim for $440, seeking recovery for “work key replacement,” two days of wage loss, a baseball cap, a special knife for electricians, and gas money to get to court. The appellate record does not contain any documentation for the losses. Nor is there any indication that the prosecutor alerted Daffeh to the restitution claim before his probation expired. On February 28, 2018, Daffeh signed a written agreement to plead no contest to misdemeanor vehicle theft (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)). His plea form did not mention victim restitution. At the plea and sentencing hearing that same day, the trial court accepted Daffeh’s plea, dismissed the second count, and stated the terms of his sentence as follows: “I am going to place you on three years of court…