State v. Whitfield

I adopt the rationale upon which McCormick, J., concurs specially and supportive cited authorities, but respectfully submit trial court’s denial of defendant’s request that arguments to the jury be reported here alone constituted reversible error.

Surely an improvised Bill of Exceptions (Code Chapter 786) regarding isolated portions of arguments to a jury is at best a poor substitute for a transcript thereof. Stated otherwise, an alternative Bill of Exceptions is seldom, if ever, equivalent to a complete transcript. By the same token it is to me evident the voicing of objections to some…