Lockwood
People v. Lockwood
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Nicholson, J.
Defendant Michael Elbert Lockwood appeals from a restitution order entered after he was convicted of corporal injury to a cohabitant and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The trial court ordered defendant to pay $20,900.37 in restitution to reimburse the Restitution Fund for funds paid on behalf of the victim. Defendant contends that the trial court erred by not releasing to him records the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board (Board) used to establish the amount of assistance to be paid on behalf of the victim. (Pen. Code, § 1202.4, subd. (f)(4)(C).)
We agree that the trial court erred by not releasing the Board’s records to defendant. However, the error was harmless because the Board’s records *95 established that the treatment the victim received, and for which the Board provided reimbursement, resulted from defendant’s criminal conduct.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In June 2009, C.D. was living with defendant, her boyfriend. The month before C.D. moved in with defendant, she had an argument and physical altercation with her husband during which her husband pushed her. Her husband had also previously forced her to have…