California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fraihat, E071129 (Cal. App. 2020):
the motion or the notice of it was lacking in formality. ( 1473.7, subd. (d); see Elkins v. Superior Court (2007) 41 Cal.4th 1337, 1365 [court should avoid treating a curable defect as a basis for crippling a litigant's ability to present his or her case.].)
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