Is it ethical for a judge to order a court reporter to delete information and statements from a trial transcript after the trial is concluded and the transcripts are being typed since an appeal has been filed? Further, if the judge does this, shouldn’t the judge advise all parties?
The answer is very simple. Unless the procedures to amend or correct a transcript are followed (See Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure 1922 and 1926), it would be unethical and potentially illegal for a judge to change a transcript.
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