Steen v. State

The majority, by reversing the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals and remanding the cases to that court with instructions to set aside the Steens’ convictions and remand their cases to the trial court for new trials, has granted the Steens more relief than they asked for, and has completely ignored the procedure set out in Rule 10(d) and (e), ARAP.

Admittedly, the Court of Criminal Appeals should not have determined that it was impossible for the Steens to get up a transcript of the evidence; therefore, I agree that the judgment of dismissal by the Court of Criminal Appeals was…