Rahbari

Appellant Manuchehr Rahbari was convicted of passing checks with insufficient funds. He was sentenced, pursuant to Penal Code section 1170, subdivision (h) (section 1170(h)), to a term in county jail followed by mandatory supervision. The trial court also ordered appellant to pay restitution to certain victims. In the published portion of our opinion, we conclude that the scope of a victim restitution order issued in connection with a sentence pursuant to section 1170(h) is limited to those losses caused by the crime or crimes of which the defendant was convicted. In the unpublished portion of our opinion, we address the remainder of appellant’s claims.

BACKGROUND

In March 1985, appellant was charged by complaint with 26 counts of passing checks with insufficient funds (§ 476a, subd. (a)) and one count of grand theft (§ 487). Appellant was not arrested on these charges until 2012.

At a June 2013 bench trial, the evidence was as follows. In 1980 or 1981, appellant and Andy Saberi jointly owned gasoline stations. For one of their stations, appellant and Saberi held a joint bank account at Security Pacific National Bank (the SPNB account). Appellant was responsible for…