HARSHAW v. STATE

No. 166, September Term, 1981.

50 Md. App. 124 (1981)

436 A.2d 513

GERALD PINKARD HARSHAW v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Lee Kaplan for appellant.

Richard B. Rosenblatt, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Andrew L. Sonner, State's Attorney for Montgomery County, and I. Matthew Campbell, Assistant State's, Attorney for Montgomery County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MORTON and MOYLAN, JJ.


GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The sole issue raised in this appeal is whether we should "accept a reconstructed transcript" of a criminal trial "in lieu of a full transcript."

Gerald Pinkard Harshaw was convicted by a jury (Mathias, J.) of child abuse and related offenses. After the trial, it was discovered that the court reporter had failed to perform her duties in a proper manner. Not only could she not prepare a transcript of the proceeding...

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