JACKSON v. CINTRON GARCIA

No. 81-1283.

665 F.2d 395 (1981)

John L. JACKSON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. The Honorable Arturo CINTRON GARCIA, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Marger, Atlanta, Ga., with whom Robert L. Barr, Jr., Marietta, Ga., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Federico Cedo Alzamora, Asst. Sol. Gen., Dept. of Justice, San Juan, P.R., with whom Hector A. Colon Cruz, Sol. Gen., Bayamon, P.R., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant is a non-Spanish-speaking American citizen facing trial in the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on charges of violations of the Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico, Title 24, Chapter 111, L.P.R.A. As is the current practice in all proceedings in courts of the Commonwealth, the proceedings with respect to appellant have been, and will continue to be, conducted entirely in Spanish.* Appellant has...

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