State v. Garrett

WALDEN, Judge.

This case involves court reporting methods : an official court reporter (stenographic court reporting) vis-a-vis an electronic tape recorder.

Pre-trial in this criminal prosecution both the State Attorney and the Public Defender petitioned the trial court to require the attendance of an official court reporter at the trial proper, pursuant to F.S. § 29.02 and § 29.07 (1973).

The trial court entered the contested order (contested via common law certiorari). It denied the request and ordered, instead, that the trial proceedings would be recorded by use of an electronic tape…