California Court of Appeal

Allowing the jurors to translate for themselves the Spanish-language audio recordings of defendant's interrogations constituted structural error requiring reversal of defendant’s convictions; the trial judge should have instructed the jury that they must accept the court interpreter's English translation of foreign language testimony.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/27/2013
• Published 02/27/2013

Judges

• ROTHSCHILD

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel