Mays

*1233 Defendant Demetrius Wayne Mays and several of his relatives went with Charles Williams to confront Marcel Hatch, who had previously beaten Williams. When the group arrived, Williams shot and killed Hatch. A jury convicted defendant of voluntary manslaughter, with an enhancement that a principal was armed, and the trial court sentenced him to 12 years in state prison. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court improperly ordered him to pay restitution to the estate of the victim's mother for the victim's funeral and burial expenses paid by the mother before her *1234 death. We conclude the restitution order was proper because (1) the victim's mother was, herself, a victim under the restitution statute and (2) the funeral and burial expenses were incurred before she died. 1 *799 BACKGROUND

Our resolution of defendant's contentions on appeal does not require a detailed recitation of the facts.

Defendant's sister Candence worked as a prostitute. Charles Williams was her pimp and boyfriend. Hatch, the victim, also was a pimp, and Ashanti Lewis was a prostitute who worked for him. Candence and Lewis competed for "dates" at the Econo Lodge on Auburn Boulevard in…