Error and/or relief
Following the hearing on the defendant’s petition for recall of sentence under section 1172.6, the abstract of judgment was amended in a manner that does not accurately reflect the defendant’s convictions and the trial court’s oral pronouncement at the hearing. First, the amended abstract of judgment reflects that the court resentenced the defendant to a concurrent term for count one instead of for count three. Second, the amended abstract of judgment does not reflect that the sentence for count one was stayed. Finally, the amended abstract of judgment erroneously describes the defendant’s conviction for count two as for a crime other than that of which he was convicted. The abstract of judgment must be corrected.
Holding:
The abstract of judgment must be corrected to reflect the oral judgment.
Authority:
People v. Zackery (2007) 147 Cal.App.4th 380, 389 [rendition of the judgment is normally an oral pronouncement, and the abstract of judgment cannot add to, or modify, the judgment, but only purports to digest and summarize it]
In re Candelario (1970) 3 Cal.3d 702, 705 [a court has the inherent power to correct clerical errors in its records so as to make these records reflect the true facts]
People v. Mitchell (2001) 26 Cal.4th 181, 186–187 [concluding that appellate courts can correct clerical errors in the abstract of judgment on its own motion or upon request from the parties]