State v. Pierce

ON REHEARING

PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.

|,Because on original hearing we found that the failure to submit the trial transcript was not attributable to the defendant, Clifford Pierce, and that without a trial transcript Mr. Pierce’s constitutional right to judicial review of his conviction was rendered meaningless, we vacated his conviction and life without parole sentence, and remanded this matter for a new trial. Before our original decision became final, the prosecution informed us that transcripts of the trial and multiple bill hearing were available and, accordingly, sought rehearing, which we…