Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 8103

  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
) Each reporter shall, whenever requested by a party to any action or proceeding, or directed by the court, attend the sessions of the court and record verbatim by shorthand, by mechanical means, or by electronic means, or any combination thereof, all the proceedings had in open court in the action or proceeding.

(b) The reporter shall attach his or her official certificate to the original shorthand notes or other original records so taken, or to the tapes involved if taken electronically, and promptly file them with the clerk upon the request of a party to any such action or proceeding who has agreed to pay the fee therefor, or of a Judge of the court.

(c) The reporter, or if the original has been transcribed by electronic means, then such person as has been designated for the purpose, shall

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promptly transcribe the original records of the requested part of the proceedings and attach to the transcript his or her official certificate and deliver the same to the party or Judge making the request and a copy, certified by him or her, to the clerk for the records of the court.

(d) The transcript in any case certified by the reporter shall be deemed prima facie a correct statement of the testimony taken and proceedings had.

2015 NOTE: Subsection designations were added in accordance with the authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.

1985 SOURCE: CCP § 194 as modified.

1985 COMMENT: This Section is modified to include provision for the electronic taking of court proceedings. The court has already established electronic taping as the means of taking testimony within the Superior Court building. Note that the original, in such cases where electronic means is used, is the tape of the proceedings. If the court wishes a reporter to be present and take down the proceedings via shorthand or mechanical (stenotype) means, and use these as the official record and the electronic media as a backup, the court is free to do so under this Section. The official record will be whichever means of recording the proceeding that the court specifies.

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