BLACK, J.
The question in this appeal is whether a judgment and sentence will be reversed when the defendant's written plea of no contest was entered on the trial court's record, but it is impossible to produce a transcript of the proceeding at which the no contest plea was offered and accepted because the stenographic notes had been lost or stolen through no fault of the court, the prosecution or the defense. We answer the question in the negative.
The defendant...
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