Can a judge correct a clerical error in an abstract of judgment?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Correia, C086887 (Cal. App. 2019):

Having undertaken an examination of the entire record pursuant to Wende, supra, 25 Cal.3d 436 we find no arguable error that would result in a disposition more favorable to defendant. The abstract of judgment, however, contains clerical errors that must be corrected. (People v. Mitchell (2001) 26 Cal.4th 181, 185 ["Courts may correct clerical errors at any time, and appellate courts . . . that have properly assumed jurisdiction of cases have ordered correction of abstracts of judgment that did not accurately reflect the oral judgments of sentencing courts"].)

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