Hardney v. State

Phipps, Judge.

At an unreported bench trial, Allen Hardney was convicted of the misdemeanor offense of drag racing.1 In this pro se appeal, he claims that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective. Because the absence of a transcript or a substitute therefor precludes review of these claims, we affirm.

A person charged with a misdemeanor bears the burden of requesting a trial transcript or constructing a trial record.2 Hardney did neither. His challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence is based on material attached as…