LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
In this case we are called upon to decide whether a trial judge improperly intervened in the criminal proceedings before him. Because the long-delayed and woefully inadequate trial transcript makes it impossible for us to answer the question posed, we conclude that the conviction must be set aside and the case remanded for a new trial.
FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
On August 1, 1990, a federal grand jury handed down a ten-count...
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