In re Mario M.
In 2004 Mario M. entered a negotiated admission to committing a lewd act on a child under the age of 14 years (Pen. Code, 288, subd. (a)). The juvenile court continued Mario as a ward and placed him on probation under home supervision. Mario violated probation several times. In 2005 the court committed him to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and ordered he pay $3,278 to the Victim Compensation Program (VCP). In October 2007 the DJJ requested that the court order Mario to pay an additional $9,409.68 to the VCP. The court granted the request at an ex parte proceeding in November. Mario appeals, contending the 2007 order must be vacated and the case remanded for a new restitution hearing because he was not present and was not given notice or an opportunity to test the validity of the new restitution claim. The People properly concede the point. (Welf. & Inst. Code, 730.6, subd. (h).) The judgment is affirmed.
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