Police Stenographer is a real person portrayed by Karl Otter in the TV series American Experience (based on a true story).
They appear in 1 episodes out of a total of 387 aired so far
Episodes1
Insanity on Trial
episode S3.E6 october 1990The assassination of President James Garfield in 1880 by Charles Guiteau, who believed his actions were ordained by God, resulted in a trial where the plea "innocent by reason of insanity" was used for the first time.