Ex parte Occhipenti

In Ex parte Occhipenti, 796 S.W.2d 805, 807 (Tex. App.--Houston [1st Dist.] 1990, no pet.), a civil case, tapes were made, but no notes were made of the trial court proceedings. The Court of Appeals held that it could not consider the tapes because the Texas Supreme Court had not authorized Harris County district courts to use tape recordings as the certified record. Occhipenti, 795 S.W.2d at 807. The Court held that in a habeas corpus proceeding, the order or judgment challenged is presumed to be valid.