GA 17-8-5 - GA 17-8-5

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Duties and compensation of court reporter. - Based upon a reading of Ga. L. 1965, p. 18, § 10 and former Code 1933, § 27-2401 (see O.C.G.A. §§ 5-6-41 and 17-8-5 ), in a felony trial resulting in conviction the court reporter was under a duty to transcribe the testimony and proceedings, except for the argument of counsel, and to file the original and one copy with the clerk of the convicting trial court. The compensation of the court reporter for the filing of this original and one copy was either a charge against the public funds or included within the reporter's salary, as the individual case may be. 1968 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 68-513. Custody of notes and recordings taken by court reporter. - Since this section imposed on the judge presiding at a felony trial...