People v. Salgado CA 6

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Initial sentencing In November 2005, Salgado pleaded no contest to one count of driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent or more (Veh. Code, § 23153, subd. (b)) and one count of felony hit and run (id., § 20001, subds. (a), (b)(1)) and admitted an allegation she personally inflicted great bodily injury on another while driving under the influence. At her sentencing hearing on January 9, 2006, the trial court suspended imposition of sentence and placed Salgado on probation for six years conditioned, in part, on serving one year in county jail. As one of several probation conditions, Salgado was ordered to pay restitution to the victim.2 On August 30, 2007, after Salgado missed a restitution payment, the trial court held a hearing on her probation status. This was not a formal revocation hearing, and Salgado did not admit violating her probation, but the trial court nonetheless revoked her probation and directed her to “keep on paying.” From September 2007 through August 2011, Salgado made regular monthly payments, many of which exceeded the minimum payment due. At each restitution hearing, however, the…