Alabama Supreme Court 82-444.
BOWEN, Judge.
The defendant was indicted and convicted for burglary in the first degree. Alabama Code Section 13A-7-5 (1975). He was sentenced as an habitual offender to fifteen years' imprisonment.
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The defendant, a deaf-mute, argues that the trial judge erred in failing to appoint an interpreter at his arraignment.
"The constitution requires that a defendant sufficiently understand the charge against...
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