Judgment affirmed.
When defendant (who speaks Spanish but no English) appeared for sentence with his attorney (who spoke both Spanish and English), the court clerk advised him as follows: "before sentence is imposed on you by the Court, is there anything personally you wish to say? You may speak, or your attorney may speak?" The court interpreter then translated this into Spanish. Defendant answered through the interpreter: "I shall let me [sic] lawyer speak...
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