Failure To Submit Transcript Results In Revocation Of Court Reporter License

The Oklahoma Supreme Court revoked the license of a shorthand reporter who failed to submit the transcript of a preliminary hearing and did not respond to or participate in the ensuing licensing proceeding. The underlying facts: a lawyer represented two of three defendant’s at the preliminary hearing. He left the courtroom during testimony concerning the non-client (a decision one might justifiably question). He states that his clients’ informed him that he had missed crucial testimony and now alleges that  the “testimony taken…weighs significantly upon the lawfulness of the arrest and search… [the attorney] is convinced that his clients’ freedom hinges on the testimony offered….” (Mike Frisch)