WILLIAM CONYERS, JR., APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 1967-09-14
No. I-306
CARROLL, DONALD K., Acting C. J., and RAWLS and JOHNSON, JJ., CONCUR.
202 So. 2d 191 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1967) Positive Treatment
Cited by 34 cases

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Synopsis

This case involves a defendant's motion to compel the court reporter to file a trial transcript. The appellate court appointed a commissioner to take evidence on the motion. The commissioner found that the transcript was eventually filed, rendering the motion moot.


Holding

The appellant's motion is denied because the filing of the trial transcript rendered the motion moot.


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“Therefore, the matters involved in the appellant's motion before us having become moot, the said motion should be and it is”

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

ON MOTION TO REQUIRE COURT REPORTER TO PREPARE TRIAL TRANSCRIPT

PER CURIAM.

Upon the appellant’s filing of his motion to require the official deputy court reporter to prepare and file the transcript of the trial proceedings in this cause, this court entered an order.on July 11, 1967, as revised by our order of August 1, 1967, reported in Fla.App., 200 So.2d 821, appointing the sentencing judge as a commissioner to take evidence as to the truth of the allegations of the appellant’s motion, to make findings of fact, and to recommend appropriate action on the motion.

Pursuant to his commission the commissioner duly held an evidentiary hearing and has recently filed in this court his report and a supplemental report, in which he reports, among other things, that the court reporter, eight days after the said hearing, filed the trial transcript which is the subject of the appellant’s motion. This transcript is now lodged in our court file. Therefore, the matters involved in the appellant’s motion before us having become moot, the said motion should be and it is

Denied.

CARROLL, DONALD K., Acting C. J., and RAWLS and JOHNSON, JJ., CONCUR.


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    …ADAMS, Justice. In this case we granted certiorari to review a judgment of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, 202 So. 2d 191. The action was brought to recover damages to a minor child. The essence of the suit charges that: Plaintiff, Bruce Petterson, eleven years old, and a friend entered onto property which was owned by defendants and on which a building was under con…
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  • Cheney v. Dade Cnty., 353 So. 2d 623 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977)
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