Does a motion or the notice of it need to be formality or formality?

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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