Johnson v. State

302 Ga. 188

FINAL COPY S17A1105. JOHNSON v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Justice. After a six-day trial, a jury found Craig Johnson guilty of malice murder and other crimes related to the stabbing death of Nicole Judge. All of the original verbatim trial transcript materials were later destroyed in a fire at the court reporter’s house. The State ultimately provided Johnson with a 14-page, double-spaced document purported to be a complete narrative re-creation of the trial transcript. As explained below, we conclude that the re-created transcript is not sufficiently detailed to allow Johnson a fair…