United States v. Thomas Elbert Cashwell

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we hold that the reconstructed record of the voir dire proceedings was adequate to accord effective appellate review and sufficient to enable the appellant to identify possible error and formulate appropriate arguments for this court’s consideration.

I. FACTS

In mid-May, 1989, Thomas Cashwell, the appellant, chartered a 1978 forty-four foot sailing vessel, the “Irgendwo,” from a marina in Plantation Key, Florida. The charter company checked the vessel for seaworthiness before releasing it to Cashwell.

When Cashwell failed to return the “Ir-gendwo” before the…