Court Opinion

ID: 9620405
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 05:41:57.619293+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:04:50.279698
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CHARLES A. JOHNSON, S.J.,
specially concurring.
I find that the majority is correct in affirming the holding of the District Court’s opinion by the Honorable David E. Winslow. It should be pointed out that an appellate court can only review the record that is before it. It is the obligation of counsel to see that a proper complete record is presented. The law is clear that “absent records” showing otherwise, this Court presumes that the trial court did not err. Hamid v. Sew Original, 645 P.2d 496, 497 (Okl.1982).
The reason for this special concurrence is to admonish members of not only the bench but the bar that an appellate court can only review the record before it. This Court must presume that the trial court did not abuse its discretion. Broadwater v. Courtney, 809 P.2d 1310 (Okl.1991). While I agree that there are procedural problems in this case as it relates to 10 O.S.1981, § 29.1 and § 60.6, this Court can only review what is presented to it. No abuse of discretion has been shown; therefore, the trial judge’s findings and order must be upheld.