People v. Zackery
California Court of Appeal
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1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMS, J.
In this case, we discuss the obligation of a trial court clerk to accurately record the sentence pronounced by the judge in a criminal proceeding. Here, the court clerk included in the minutes and the abstract of judgment some provisions that were not in the judge’s pronouncement of sentence. This was error, which was compounded by the fact the judge erroneously sentenced defendant on a count for which he was not convicted. We also shall address the judge’s remark, on the record and in open court, that, “[y]ou can’t offend the kangaroos up there in kangaroo court.”
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- People v. WendeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
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- People v. MesaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- People v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
- In re LeviCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952
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