California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Dearmore, 159 Cal.App.3d 1219, 206 Cal.Rptr. 436 (Cal. App. 1984):
The action of the trial judge was only to correct a legal, ministerial, clerical mistake. The presence of the appellant could add nothing to the proceedings. (People v. Ysabel (1938) 28 Cal.App.2d 259, 82 P.2d 476.)
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