State v. Gray

WEBB, Justice.

The defendant first assigns error to a statement by the judge. At the opening of court and before the defendant’s case was called for trial, the judge instructed the jury as to court procedures. Among the things he told them was the following:

The Court Reporter to my right is Davette Garvin. She is appointed by Judge Llewellyn, who is your Senior Resident Judge. He is also holding civil court this morning in another courtroom. It’s her duty to take down and transcribe everything that’s said in the courtroom during the trial and the hearing of motions so that the judge can…