Case Name: Jimmy Milton SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-07-06
Citations: 335 So. 2d 316
Docket Number: No. X-398
Parties: Jimmy Milton SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: RAWLS, Acting C. J., and MILLS, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 335
Pages: 316–316

Head Matter:
Jimmy Milton SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. X-398.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
July 6, 1976.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 9, 1976.
Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender, and David J. Busch, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Andrew W. Lindsey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
On January 6, 1976, this court rendered its opinion which relinquished jurisdiction to the trial court "with directions that it direct the court reporter to forthwith transcribe the [trial] proceedings."
By an instrument entitled "Response to Order of Appellate Court", the trial court has advised "that it is impossible to furnish such a transcript as evidenced by the affidavit of the court reporter, which is attached to this response." The referenced affidavit explains the circumstances in which a deputy court reporter, who is now living in another state and is employed in a non-court capacity, destroyed her shorthand notes of the trial.
This indigent appellant having been denied a full appellate review of trial counsel's assignments of error set out in our prior opinion, the judgment of conviction is reversed with directions that a new trial be granted.
REVERSED.
RAWLS, Acting C. J., and MILLS, J., concur.
SMITH, J., specially concurs.
. Smith v. State, 325 So.2d 426 (1 Fla.App. 1976).