Does the Court of Appeal have any authority to correct clerical errors in abstracts or abstracts that do not accurately reflect the judgment of the sentencing court?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fernandez, F076383 (Cal. App. 2019):
Appellate courts may correct clerical errors and order correction of abstracts of judgment that do not accurately reflect the oral judgments of sentencing courts. (People v. Mitchell (2001) 26 Cal.4th 181, 185.)
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