Arizona Supreme Court· 3/22/1972

State v. Masters

Citations

494 P.2d 1319
108 Ariz. 189
1972 Ariz. LEXIS 276

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noting that a reconstructed record based on the party’s memory of proceedings that occurred around six years earlier “would probably not be of much aid to the appellate court”
noting that attempting reconstruction after six years “would probably not be of much aid”
remanding a robbery case for a new trial when no transcript of the trial was available “through no fault of the defendant”
when a transcript is lost or unavailable, the court will assume that the record supports the judgment unless there is “at least a credible and unmet allegation of reversible error”
absent showing of reversible error or credible and unmet allegation of reversible error, remaining record suffices to support verdict and judgment by trial court
new trial warranted where transcripts were unavailable “through no fault of the defendant”

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Judges: Cameron, Struckmeyer, Holohan

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