State v. Hammond

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

For possessing marijuana, T.C.A. § 52-1432, appellant was sentenced by a jury to sixty days in the Shelby County Correctional Center.

Two issues are presented which are interrelated: the record is inadequate for appellate review because the trial court in effect denied the indigent appellant a verbatim transcript of the proceedings by refusing to provide a court reporter; hence, the issue of the sufficiency of the evidence cannot be reviewed.

The narrative transcript of the evidence, as approved by trial counsel for the indigent appellant and the State’s attorney and as…