State v. Gaddis
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The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals determining that the trial court correctly denied Defendant's motion for a transcript of a prior trial and a motion to continue, holding that the trial court likely erred, but the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
Defendant was charged with multiple driving offense arising from impaired driving. The first trial ended in a mistrial. Before the second trial, Defendant filed a motion for transcript seeking to obtain a transcript of the previous trial and a motion to continue. The trial court denied both motions, and a jury found Defendant guilty of all charges. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the trial court likely erred in failing to apply the two-party Britt test upon Defendant's requests for a transcript of the previous proceeding, but the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
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