Case Name: Junior Marshall ROBERTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1973-12-28
Citations: 287 So. 2d 123
Docket Number: No. 72-503
Parties: Junior Marshall ROBERTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: OWEN, C. J., DOWNEY, J., and JOHNSON, CLARENCE T., Jr., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 287
Pages: 123–124

Head Matter:
Junior Marshall ROBERTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 72-503.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 28, 1973.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Richard S. Power, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Basil S. Diamond, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, convicted of second degree murder, brought a timely appeal. Thereafter, he obtained a court order authorizing the reporter to furnish a certified copy of the reporter's notes of the trial proceedings. In due course it developed that the reporter was not available and it was impossible to obtain a transcript of the trial. Upon motion filed by appellant, the court held a hearing for the purpose of attempting to reconstruct a record of the trial proceedings. As a consequence of that hearing, the court entered its order of June 18, 1973 finding in substance that a. record could not be reconstructed and recommending that this court grant the appellant a new trial.
Upon authority of Yancey v. State, Fla.App.1972, 267 So.2d 836, we reverse the judgment appealed and direct that appellant be granted a new trial.
OWEN, C. J., DOWNEY, J., and JOHNSON, CLARENCE T., Jr., Associate Judge, concur.