The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Doyle, 786 F.2d 1440 (9th Cir. 1986):
Court reporters are required to record proceedings verbatim, 28 U.S.C. Sec. 753(b), but the failure to do so does not require a per se rule of reversal. See United States v. Piascik, 559 F.2d 545, 548 (9th Cir.1977), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 1062, 98 S.Ct. 1235, 55 L.Ed.2d 762 (1978).
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