Johnson v. State

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Following a bench trial, Maurice Antoine Johnson was convicted of the misdemeanor offense of making a false report of a crime, OCGA § 16-10-26. The trial was neither taken down nor transcribed by the court reporter. In his sole enumeration of error, Johnson contends that the trial court erred by failing to have a transcript made of the trial and in accepting Johnson’s waiver of the takedown. We find that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in accepting Johnson’s waiver and affirm.

The record shows that Johnson was represented by appointed counsel. The record…