How have courts dealt with clerical errors in records?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ramos, C081108 (Cal. App. 2017):
" '[A] court has the inherent power to correct clerical errors in its records so as to make th[o]se records reflect the true facts.' " (People v. Mitchell (2001) 26 Cal.4th 181, 185.) We will "order the trial court to correct the abstract of judgment" accordingly. (Id. at p. 188.)
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