In re J.V.
The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office filed a Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 petition (the petition) alleging that defendant and appellant J.V. (minor) committed auto theft (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)), grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487), misdemeanor vandalism causing less than $400 in damages (Pen. Code, § 594, subd. (b)(2)), and theft of retail merchandise not exceeding $400 (Pen. Code, § 490.5). Minor admitted the truth of all of the allegations in the petition. The juvenile court granted him probation under the deferred entry of judgment (DEJ) program (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 790, 791, subd. (b)) for 36 months. One of his probation conditions required him to pay restitution to the victims.
Minor’s sole contention on appeal is that the juvenile court abused its discretion when it set the amount of victim restitution he owed at $14,962.59. We agree and remand the matter.
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