Thornsberry v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. ““We note in the statement of the appellant that he moved the court to require the reporter to transcribe the testimony, and this motion was refused. Court stenographers are usually paid salaries which are supposed to compensate them for their duties in taking the testimony in criminal cases and preparing bills of exception. When they fail or refuse to do this the circuit court, on proper application, should compel the performance of this duty. This court has held' that application must be made first to the trial court for an order to compel the performance of the stenographer’s duty. Sutton v. City of Little Rock, 191 Ark. 603 , 87 S. W. 2d 20 . In this case, from the statement of appellant, it appears that he made this application, but his remedy, on the refusal of the trial court to compel the stenographer to perform his duty, was by application to this court for review of the action to the court below. We make these observations simply for the purpose of indicating that defendants, regardless of how poor they may be, are entitled to a record of the proceedings in the court below to the end that those proceedings may be intelligently reviewed by this court, and the remedy is ample to compel the court stenographer to prepare a bill of exceptions for authentication by the trial court.” (Emphasis our own.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wirges v. Bean