By: Derek Hawkins//August 19, 2020//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Robert A. Washington
Case No.: 2019AP13-CR
Officials: Blanchard, Graham, and Nashold, JJ.
Focus: Court Error – Trial Transcripts
Robert Washington appeals a judgment of conviction for one felony count of pandering or pimping and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. The basis for Washington’s postconviction motion is that the court reporter failed to transcribe the circuit court’s reading of the jury instructions; Washington asserts that his right to appellate review has been frustrated by the absence of the transcript. The dispositive issue is whether the record was sufficiently reconstructed by the circuit court. We conclude that it was, and therefore we affirm.