Pope v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the first degree murder of Marion Dortch, alias Quasim Bilal El-Amin. Sentence was life imprisonment.

I

On appeal, the defendant alleges that error was committed because the court reporter failed to transcribe the prosecutor's opening statement.

A supplemental transcript was filed in this Court. It contains the opening statement of defense counsel and the closing statements of the assistant district attorney and defense counsel. In an introduction to this transcript we learn why the court reporter's failure to transcribe the prosecutor's opening…