Man Gets New Trial After Court Records Erased

advertisement A man sentenced to life in prison for murder will get another trial because a courtroom stenographer accidentally erased the records of his previous trial, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported. Randy Chaviano, 26, was convicted of second-degree murder and armed drug dealing in 2009. An appeals court threw his life sentence out last […]

Transcript erased: Convicted South Florida killer gets new trial

A convicted killer will get a new trial — because a Miami-Dade court stenographer accidentally erased the transcript of his murder trial. In an unusual case, an appeals court last week threw out the conviction and life sentence of Randy Chaviano, 26, who was convicted by a jury in July 2009 of fatally shooting a […]

Transcript erased: Convicted S. Fla. killer gets new trial

A convicted killer will get a new trial — because a Miami-Dade court stenographer accidentally erased the transcript of his murder trial. In an unusual case, an appeals court last week threw out the conviction and life sentence of Randy Chaviano, 26, who was convicted by a jury in July 2009 of fatally shooting a […]