McGehee v. State

On January 16, 1996, we granted the appellant’s petition for writ of certiorari to complete the record in this capital-murder case. The writ was returnable on February 15, 1996. On that date, appellant, Charles Allen McGehee, through his attorney, William M. Howard, Jr., filed this motion for extension of time for the court reporter, Val Dixon-Sims, to complete the record. Attached to the motion is a written statement from Ms. Dixon-Sims informing us that her records, including tapes relating to this case, were vandalized on January 17, 1995. A partial transcript has been filed in this case,…