Opinion ID: 1687222
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: did the trial court error [sic] in denying mr. taylor his records and transcripts of this proceeding?

Text: Taylor contends that the lower court committed error in refusing to grant his request for a transcript of the hearing at which he pleaded guilty. The State filed a motion with this Court to supplement the appellate record with the transcript of the plea proceedings of the lower court. On April 13, 1994, that matter was remanded to the lower court to determine whether it had relied on the transcript when denying post-conviction relief. Pursuant to that order, if the lower court relied on the transcript, the transcript should be made part of the appellate record. Upon remand, the lower court did amend the record to include the transcript. On July 12, 1994, the motion by the State for supplementation of the appellate record was dismissed as the requested relief had been granted by the lower court amending the record to include the transcript. Upon examining the transcript, the Court holds that Taylor could not have been prejudiced in his defense on appeal. The contentions that he makes in his latter affidavit are wholly inconsistent with the transcript of the proceedings in which he entered guilty pleas to capital murder, conspiracy to commit capital murder, and burglary. Because Taylor cannot show this Court that he has been prejudiced by not having had prior access to the transcript, his claim must therefore fail. Ruffin v. State, 481 So.2d 312, 315 (Miss. 1985); Cf. Britt v. North Carolina, 404 U.S. 226, 92 S.Ct. 431, 30 L.Ed.2d 400 (1971).