People v. Jenkins

Opinion

ALARCON, J.

This court has been required to reverse or remand an increasing number of matters, not on the merits of appellants’ contentions but due solely to the failure of settled statements on appeal to reflect what transpired before the trial court. Failure to prepare a proper settled statement results in unnecessary expense to the taxpayer and inconvenience to the litigants. In a traffic infraction case, for example, the loss of worktime and income incident to new proceedings in the trial court may cause a defendant unjustly convicted to abandon his appeal. In the hope that a…