People v. Sinay

Filed 5/19/25; Modified and Certified for Pub. 6/17/25 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

THE PEOPLE, 2d Crim. No. B331391 (Super. Ct. No. F197088) Plaintiff and Respondent, (San Luis Obispo County)

v.

ANTHONY PAUL SINAY,

Defendant and Appellant.

Anthony Paul Sinay appeals an order awarding restitution to a crime victim and her parents for the horrific injuries and economic losses suffered from Sinay’s commission of crimes of torture, mayhem, corporal injury to a child, and child abuse. (Pen. Code, §§ 206, 203, 273d, 273a.) 1 We reject Sinay’s contentions regarding the trial court’s jurisdiction to award victim restitution, the constitutional rights to a speedy trial, and the calculation of the present value of the victim’s lost wages and affirm.

1 All statutory references are to the Penal Code.

This appeal concerns Sinay’s 1993 conviction of crimes of torture and mayhem, among others, committed against a five- year-old child, R.P. Sinay bound the child with tape and forced her down into scalding water. In 2023, the trial court held a victim restitution hearing and awarded significant financial restitution to R.P. and her parents for medical expenses and past and future lost wages. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY On February 1, 1993, Sinay bound his then-girlfriend’s daughter, R.P., with tape, covered her mouth, and held her down in a bathtub of scalding water. Among other injuries, R.P.’s skin separated from her body and she suffered second and third degree burns to 33 percent of her body. R.P.’s mother arrived home and found R.P. in great pain and severe shock. R.P. was transported to a hospital; she had complete organ failure and initially was not expected to survive. Later, R.P. was airlifted to the burn center at the Sherman Oaks Hospital where she received treatment for many weeks. R.P. then became a patient at Shriners Hospital, among other hospitals. She has permanent disfigurement and limited mobility from scarring and bone fusions due to the immersion burns she suffered. A jury convicted Sinay of torture, mayhem, corporal injury to a child, and child abuse. (§§ 206, 203, 273d, 273a.) It also found that he personally inflicted great bodily injury upon R.P. (§ 12022.7.) On November 1, 1993, the trial court sentenced Sinay to life in prison with the possibility of parole. The court imposed a $10,000 restitution fine but did not address or order victim restitution.