State v. Curry

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Appellant was charged by information with first degree rape, tried by jury and found guilty of second degree rape. From the judgment and sentence thereon he appeals.

The reporter’s transcript of his trial includes the opening statement by the county attorney, the evidence introduced at the trial, arguments on and rulings of law, the court’s charge to the jury, and the jury’s rendition of its verdict. A notation is included in the transcript that the defendant and counsel for the state argued the case to the jury. No stenographic notes of these arguments appear to have been…