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- Title: People v. Bercillio
- Author : Colorado Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 11, 1972
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 50 KB
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The complaining witness, Jose Morales, did not speak the English language and it was necessary for the court to use an interpreter to translate his testimony from Spanish to English. Claim of error is made here, for the first time, that the interpreter used by the court was incompetent. No objection to the interpreters qualifications was made by defense counsel during trial, and appellants motion for a new trial made no challenge to the interpreters qualifications or competency. Defense counsel extensively cross-examined Morales through the interpreter. It is not shown in what manner appellant was prejudiced by the alleged incompetency of the interpreter. We find no circumstance upon which the doctrine of plain error might reasonably be applied in support of appellants contention, and we therefore will not consider this assignment. Crim. P. 52(b); Ortega v. People, 178 Colo. 419, 498 P.2d 1121; Land v. People, 171 Colo. 114, 465 P.2d 124; Lujan v. United States, 209 F.2d 190 (10th Cir.).
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