U.S. v. MORALES-MADERA

No. 02-1220.

352 F.3d 1 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gabriel MORALES-MADERA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnny Rivera-Gonzalez, for appellant.

Thomas F. Klumper, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Sonia I. Torres, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

In our increasingly pluralistic and multilingual society, the issues raised by this case will grow in importance. This case arises in the federal courts of Puerto Rico. These courts often face the difficult task of admitting evidence that originates in the Spanish language while seeking to comply with the Jones Act, 48 U.S.C. § 864, which requires that court proceedings be conducted in English. In this case, the evidence involved fifty-two...

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