Ayub

Defendant Haidee Ayub appeals from an order requiring her to pay restitution on a misdemeanor charge as a condition of probation on an earlier felony charge. Ayub claims that the two convictions did not evidence the same intent and therefore, the condition based on one was not reasonably related to the other. Ayub also seeks reversal of the judgment on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel claiming she was not properly represented at her hearing. We reject her contentions and affirm the judgment.

Factual and Procedural Background

In 1981 Ayub was convicted of passing checks with insufficient funds. She pled guilty to a single felony count (Pen. Code, § 476a, subd. (a)) and the remaining count was dismissed. The court placed her on probation on the condition, inter alia, that she pay restitution to Vacation Village Hotel and not use or possess a checking account or checks other than those issued to her.

In 1983 Ayub started the American Tablecloth Company. After a brief time she lacked funds to cover her employees’ paychecks. She was charged with grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. 1) and with the misdemeanor of issuing checks to employees with insufficient…