Court Opinion

ID: 9724884
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 11:19:03.241152+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:07.511132
License: Public Domain

SONENSHINE, J.
I concur in the result reached by the majority, but cannot join in all of its dicta. I agree a “request for a court reporter [is] a request for a verbatim record” and I agree with the finding “a bare request alone will suffice.”
However, as stated in my dissent in Andrus v. Municipal Court (1983) 143 Cal.App.3d 1041 [192 Cal.Rptr. 341], I believe all misdemeanant de*1142fendants are entitled to a court reporter (or some other adequate means of providing a verbatim record). This constitutional right should not be dependent upon the defendant’s financial status.