State v. Lemire

Appellant, Robert Lemire, who was convicted below of driving under the influence, moves for summary reversal of his conviction because no transcript is available for us to decide one of the issues on appeal. Defendant is represented by the appellate public defender, and the State supplied him a transcript of the proceedings below. However, a flood at the Defender General’s office destroyed the transcript that was prepared, and defendant ordered another copy. The reporter has destroyed the notes of the jury drawing and sentencing and is unable to prepare a second transcript of those parts of…