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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION ONE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THE PEOPLE, D086302
Plaintiff and Respondent,
v. (Super. Ct. No. SCS321722)
ESTEVAN FABIAN CORONA,
Defendant and Appellant.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County,
Garry Haehnle, Judge. Affirmed.
Laura Arnold, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for
Defendant and Appellant.
No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
In 2024, a jury convicted Esteban Fabian Corona of vehicular
manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. (c)(1)) and fleeing the scene of an
accident (Veh. Code, § 20001, subd. (c)). Corona was sentenced to prison.
The trial court reserved jurisdiction to conduct a restitution hearing.
Corona appealed his conviction, and this court affirmed the convictions
but remanded the case to the trial court for resentencing. (People v. Corona
(Dec. 2, 2025, D084413) [nonpub. opn.].)
The court calendared a restitution hearing to determine whether to
order restitution for the victim’s mother. The court held a hearing on
May 30, 2025. The court ordered restitution in the amount of $10,783.76.
Corona filed a timely notice of appeal from the restitution judgment.
Appellate counsel has filed a brief under People v. Wende (1979)
25 Cal.3d 436 indicating counsel has not been able to identify any arguable
issues for reversal on appeal. Counsel asks the court to independently review
the record for error as mandated by Wende. We offered Corona the
opportunity to file his own brief on appeal, but he has not responded.
Counsel has provided a summary of the evidence produced at the
restitution hearing. We will incorporate the summary in this opinion for
background information.
In March 2020, Corona fled the scene of a collision after striking and
killing a 21-year-old female pedestrian. The decedent’s mother submitted
documentary evidence detailing her economic loss and testified that, due to
her grief and anger following her daughter’s death, she had been unable to
work as a driver for Amazon for two months. She also missed five days of
work while attending Corona’s trial. She requested lost wages in the amount
of $5,984, calculated based on her hourly wage at the time and the actual
days she had been without income. She also testified that she had engaged in
84 therapy sessions, specifically to deal with her grief and anger resulting
from the death of her daughter, and had paid the therapist a total of
$4,799.76.
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DISCUSSION
As we have noted, counsel has filed a Wende brief and asks the court to
independently review the record for error as required by Wende. To assist the
court, and in compliance with Anders v. California (1967) 386 U.S. 738,
counsel has identified a possible issue that was considered in evaluating the
potential merits of this appeal: Whether the trial court abused its discretion
in ordering restitution for losses incurred as a result of the death of her adult
daughter.
We have independently reviewed the record for error as required by
Wende and Anders. We have not discovered any arguable issues for reversal
on appeal. Competent counsel has represented Corona in this appeal.
DISPOSITION
The judgment of restitution is affirmed.
HUFFMAN, J.*
WE CONCUR:
O’ROURKE, Acting P. J.
CASTILLO, J.
* Retired Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate
District, assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the
California Constitution.
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