McGehee v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This appeal emanates from a judgment of conviction for capital murder and a sentence of life without parole. The appellant, Charles Allen McGehee, and his co-defendant, Joseph O’Neal, were tried together in a seven-day trial with two separate juries deciding the fate of the two men. McGehee contends that the evidence sustaining his conviction was insufficient and that the gaps in the transcribed record of the trial and attendant hearings deprives this court of full review. We agree on the second point, and we reverse and remand for a new trial.

On May 10, 1993, McGehee…