PEOPLE v. GASTON

Docket No. Crim. 20065.

20 Cal.3d 476 (1978)

573 P.2d 423

143 Cal. Rptr. 205

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES MICHAEL GASTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 16, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul Halvonik, State Public Defender, Charles M. Sevilla, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, and Jonathan B. Steiner, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, James H. Kline and Marc E. Turchin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Appellant, James Michael Gaston, petitioned this court for a hearing following the Court of Appeal's denial of his motions to include in the record on appeal (1) a reporter's transcript of the closing arguments of both prosecutor and defense counsel and (2) a transcription of a tape recording which was played, but not stenographically recorded, during appellant's court trial. The petition for hearing was granted...

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