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ASTON v. WARDEN, POWHATAN CORR. CTR.

Nos. 77-2408 and 77-2409.

574 F.2d 1169 (1978)

Towe T. ASTON, Appellee, v. WARDEN, POWHATAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Appellant. Towe T. ASTON, Appellant, v. WARDEN, POWHATAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry P. Slonaker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Gilbert K. Davis and Carole S. Holman, Vienna, Va., for appellee, cross-appellant.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Without a plenary hearing, the district court granted the application of Towe T. Aston for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he had been denied his sixth amendment right to a fair and impartial trial. At the same time, it rejected Aston's contention that he had been prejudiced at his trial by the use of an unqualified interpreter.1 Virginia appeals and Aston cross-appeals. We find no merit in the cross-appeal...

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