California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Green, A125202, No. CR144176 (Cal. App. 2010):
A defendant in a criminal matter is entitled to an appellate record adequate to permit " 'meaningful appellate review.' " (People v. Seaton (2001) 26 Cal.4th 598, 699.) "If a record can be 'prepared in such a manner as to enable the court to pass upon the questions sought to be raised, ' then there is no rational likelihood or legally cognizable possibility of injustice to the appealing defendant even though a verbatim record certified by the official court reporter cannot be supplied. [Citation.] 'Inconsequential inaccuracies or omissions in a record cannot prejudice a party; if in truth there does exist some consequential inaccuracy or omission, the appellant must show what it is and why it is consequential.' " (People v. Fuentes (1955) 132 Cal.App.2d 484, 488; People v. Chessman (1950) 35 Cal.2d 455-460; People v. Freeman (1994) 8 Cal.4th 450, 509 ["defendant 'bears the burden of demonstrating that the appellate record is not adequate to permit meaningful appellate review' "].)
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