Case Name: The STATE, Appellant, v. Lonnie BARBEE, Respondent
Court: South Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1984-03-01
Citations: 280 S.C. 328
Docket Number: 22052
Parties: The STATE, Appellant, v. Lonnie BARBEE, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 280
Pages: 328–329

Head Matter:
22052
The STATE, Appellant, v. Lonnie BARBEE, Respondent.
(313 S. E. (2d) 297)
Supreme Court
Asst. Sol. Alan M. Tewkesbury, Jr., Spartanburg, for appellant.
Stephen J. Henry, Greenville, for respondent.
Submitted November 3, 1983.
Decided March 1, 1984.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
This case comes before us on appeal from the circuit court's decision reversing and remanding respondent's conviction by jury in magistrate's court.
On appeal to the circuit court, the magistrate did not file a record of the trial proceedings as required by S. C. Code Ann. § 18-3-40 (1976) but furnished only taped recordings of the testimony. The circuit court without benefit of a record held respondent had been denied voir dire.
It was clearly error for the circuit court to hear the appeal in the absence of a record filed by the magistrate pursuant to S. C. Code Ann. § 18-3-40 (1976). The burden was on respondent as the party appealing below to obtain the magistrate's compliance by mandamus if necessary. State v. Eaves, 260 S. C. 523,197 S. E. (2d) 282 (1973); State v. Adams, 244 S. C. 323, 137 S. E. (2d) 100 (1964).
The order of the circuit court is reversed. Respondent has ten days from issuance of this opinion to require the magistrate to file his record with the circuit court in compliance with Section 18-3-40.