Sorry dude but any criminal cases has to have a court reporter and a transcript, thats a requirement of process. And Chunky cases was criminal wasn't it? (I'm actually not sure if it was or wasn't)
Show me a single law to this effect. Transcripts are often not produced until appeal, when they are required for the appellate briefs. It is at that point that they are paid for, and it isn't any damn $45. It costs much more.
Why would they produce transcripts that will never be used for anything or read by anyone?
Much more commonly, a digital recording is made. There are some places that still record on cassette. I'm even aware of one county court that still uses quarter-inch reel to reel tape for civil and criminal cases. Actual court reporters with steno machines, though, are increasingly rare, and it is a dying skill.
And if you don't even know whether a felony is criminal or not, maybe you shouldn't be trying to tell me what courts do.
As I pointed out, those are less and less common and real court reporters are a dying breed. If you see someone operating one of those machines and occasionally asking something to be said again, that's a real court reporter. A good court reporter earns more than some lawyers.
