Located in the central area of California where many non-English-speaking people live, we are not surprised by the number of recent appeals which have raised questions concerning the right of a defendant in a criminal case to a personal, sworn interpreter. Oral argument in three such cases having just been concluded, we publish this opinion and use it by reference in the others.
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