The office of official court reporter for each judge of each
judicial district in the state of Wyoming is hereby created and
each judge of each judicial district in the state of Wyoming is
hereby required and empowered to appoint one (1) court reporter
for his district, whose term of office shall be during the
pleasure of the judge making such appointment and until their
successor is appointed and qualified.
5-3-402. Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 27, ยง 2.
5-3-403. Duties generally; oath; furnishing transcripts.
Such reporter shall be in constant attendance upon the judge of
said court at all times, and shall be the clerk and stenographer
of the judge, and he shall be sworn to the faithful performance
of his duty, and take the oath of office required in the
constitution of this state, and shall remain in attendance on
the court, and take full stenographic notes in cases tried
during said attendance, of all testimony or admissions made by
either side, objections to the introduction of testimony, the
ruling of the court thereon, the exceptions taken thereto, and
such other proceedings as the court may direct, and shall
preserve such stenographic notes and furnish a transcript
thereof, or of any part of same, upon the request of any party
having an interest therein, provided, however, that if no
request for such transcript shall be made to the court reporter
for a period of ten (10) years subsequent to the hearing of any
cause wherein stenographic records have been taken, the said
court reporter may destroy his original stenographic records,
and, provided, further, however, that if a transcript shall be
furnished any party as provided herein, then and in that event,
the court reporter may destroy his original stenographic records
within a period of ten (10) years from and after the furnishing
of said transcript to the party or parties ordering same.
5-3-404. Criminal cases; reporting and transcript of
proceedings.
The court reporter for criminal cases prosecuted in the district
court shall report all testimony and all proceedings held in
open court, except informal discussions, informal instruction
conferences and pretrial conferences which shall be reported
when requested by a party. The reporter shall, within a
reasonable time, transcribe arraignment, plea, change of plea
and sentencing hearings and file the transcript in the official
court record.