APPLICATION OF MURGA

No. 54990.

631 P.2d 735 (1981)

In re Application of Luis Torres MURGA and Guillermo Torres Murga for Order Directing Employment of Interpreters.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 31, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. David Hopper, Watonga, for petitioner, Luis Torres Murga.

Vera L. Riley, Watonga, for petitioner, Guillermo Torres Murga.


LAVENDER, Justice:

This is an original action brought by Luis Torres Murga and Guillermo Torres Murga, hereinafter referred to as "the defendants." The defendants, who are indigent, were charged in the District Court of Blaine County, Oklahoma, with the offense of Murder in the First Degree. They are citizens of the Republic of Mexico and do not speak or understand the English language. Because of this disability, they moved the district court to appoint an interpreter...

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