Case Name: Peter BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-06-25
Citations: 337 So. 2d 994
Docket Number: No. 75-1699
Parties: Peter BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WALDEN, C. J., ALDERMAN, J., and DAKAN, STEPHEN LEE, Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 337
Pages: 994–994

Head Matter:
Peter BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 75-1699.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
June 25, 1976.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Mitchell J. Beers, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This matter came before the court upon appellant's motion for new trial due to inability to reconstruct trial transcript. The trial judge has filed a certificate stating that the court reporter's notes of the trial have been lost or destroyed and are not available. The trial court has determined that it is impossible because of lapse of time to reconstruct the evidence in this case.
ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the final judgment of conviction and sentence here under review be and the same is hereby set aside, and the appellant is remanded to the trial court for the purpose of being accorded a new trial. Jackson v. State, 308 So.2d 600 (Fla.App.3rd, 1975).
WALDEN, C. J., ALDERMAN, J., and DAKAN, STEPHEN LEE, Associate Judge, concur.