there is no trial transcript to read?

Gnu, please stop going on about the trial transcript. It most certainly IS available - all you have to do is contact the court and pay for a copy, and they'll mail it right to you.

General info on the Court Clerk's Office here:

http://www.seminoleclerk.org/officialrecords.shtm

The order form is available here:

http://officialrecords.seminoleclerk.org/OfficialRecordsOrderForm.pdf

Don't care to do that?

Then stop whining.