What is the legal test for a judge's ability to control the abstract of judgment in oral rather than the minute order?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rodriguez, B288312 (Cal. App. 2019):
As a general rule, "[w]here there is a discrepancy between the oral pronouncement of judgment and the minute order or the abstract of judgment, the oral pronouncement controls." (People v. Zackery (2007) 147 Cal.App.4th 380, 385.)
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