PEOPLE v. CARREON

Docket No. 5839.

151 Cal.App.3d 559 (1984)

198 Cal. Rptr. 843

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FRANCISCO CARREON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

January 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, David Y. Stanley and Gabriel C. Vivas, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian and John K. Van de Kamp, Attorneys General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Roger E. Venturi and Willard F. Jones, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WOOLPERT, J.

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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