Manuel v. State

While I concur that the procedure for producing the transcript of the proceedings was not proper, I do not feel that the record before us is so deficient as to require reversal.

On remand to the trial court, counsel for both sides met with the deputy clerk who audio taped the trial and reconstructed the record to the best of their ability. Upon review, while there are a number of minor inaccuracies, I agree with the trial court that there is only one major deficiency. A brief portion of the tape recording remains unintelligible. The trial court said of that section,

The Court has reviewed that…