People v. Showers

On April 15, 1966, after a trial without a jury, defendant was convicted of violating Health and Safety Code section 11500, possession of heroin. He has appealed from the resulting judgment.

Defendant filed notice of appeal on April 15, 1966. It subsequently appeared that the court reporter’s notes were unavailable and a transcript of the proceedings could not be prepared. A hearing was held on October 21, 1966, in which the reporter testified that her notes were inadvertently destroyed.

On April 13, 1967, the Attorney General moved the Court of Appeal pursuant to “rule 36(b) ” of the Rules of…