Bashlor v. Wainwright

See Bashlor v. Wainwright, 369 So.2d 695 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978), 374 So.2d 546 (Fla. 1st *872DCA 1979). From submissions by the parties since our decision by opinion filed July 12,1979, it is evident that a court reporter’s transcript of the trial leading to the judgment and life sentence on November 16, 1951, cannot be provided; that any meaningful appeal would require close scrutiny of those proceedings; and that the parties cannot provide a suitable alternative record. The death of the trial judge and of trial defense counsel make it impossible to reconstruct a record in compliance with Fla.R.…