Case Name: STATE of Maine v. David L. KERR
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1982-11-19
Citations: 455 A.2d 425
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE of Maine v. David L. KERR.
Judges: Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER and WATHEN, JJ.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 455
Pages: 425–425

Head Matter:
STATE of Maine v. David L. KERR.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
Argued Nov. 15, 1982.
Decided Nov. 19, 1982.
David W. Crook, Dist. Atty., John Alsop, Asst. Dist. Atty., Skowhegan, for plaintiff.
Burton G. Shiro Law Offices, Louis J. Shiro (orally), Waterville, for defendant.
Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER and WATHEN, JJ.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.
Defendant appeals from the Superior Court denial of his appeal from a District Court adjudication that he committed the civil infraction of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor, 29 M.R.S.A. § 1312-C (1982). By his sole contention on appeal defendant asks this court to review the sufficiency of the evidence supporting that adjudication. We deny the appeal because defendant has failed to preserve an adequate record of the District Court proceedings.
An appellant "has the affirmative duty of supplying this Court with an adequate record upon which consideration can be given to the arguments advanced in support of the appeal." State v. Meyer, Me., 423 A.2d 955, 956 (1980), quoting Daviau v. Pozzy, Me., 419 A.2d 365, 366 (1980). "In the absence of a transcript or its equivalent, no appellate court has any way of reviewing factual findings of the lower court." 423 A.2d at 957. Because defendant withdrew his request for an electronic recording of the District Court proceedings, none was made. Since the lack of a transcript was the result of defendant's own action, the District Court found, and we agree, that he was not entitled to an attempted substitute for a transcript under D.C.Civ.R. 75(c).
The entry must be:
Judgment affirmed.
All concurring.