People v. Jones

Opinion

RACANELLI, P. J.

In this appeal we confront the question whether the voluntary destruction of the court reporter’s notes of defendant’s 1973 trial requires vacation of the judgment. We conclude that under the circumstances shown here that result is compelled; accordingly, we reverse the judgment.

Following a jury verdict of guilt on two counts of sale of heroin, defendant was committed on August 30, 1973, to the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) for seven years as a. narcotics addict. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 3051.) One week later defendant, in propria persona, submitted a notice of…