Robinson v. State

The majority reverses and remands for new trial two of the defendant’s convictions based on guilty pleas “since there is an insufficient record for this Court to properly determine the basis of either of the alleged errors.”

On application for rehearing, the Attorney General submitted the affidavit of Darrell Haley, the official court reporter for the 8th Judicial Circuit. Mr. Haley states that the defendant’s retained counsel advised him not to start work on the transcript until advised to proceed. Mr. Haley also states, “No order for the transcript was ever received from the attorney, and I…