PEOPLE v. ATSILIS

Docket No. 20842.

60 Mich. App. 738 (1975)

231 N.W.2d 534

PEOPLE v. ATSILIS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Patricia J. Boyle, Principal Attorney, Research, Training and Appeals, and John C. Mouradian, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

M. Hector Cisneros, for defendant on appeal.

Before: R.B. BURNS, P.J., and M.J. KELLY and O'HARA, JJ.


R.B. BURNS, P.J.

The defendant pled nolo contendere to the charge of attempted larceny in a building. MCLA 750.92; MSA 28.287. He was sentenced to a term of one to two years in prison. Defendant's only claim, on appeal, is that he was deprived of his right to due process of law by the trial judge's failure to appoint an interpreter in defendant's behalf.

Defendant is a Puerto Rican and claims to have little knowledge of the English language. Consequently,...

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