STATE v. TERRAZAS

No. 1 CA-CR 12150.

162 Ariz. 357 (1989)

783 P.2d 803

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Saoul TERRAZAS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

As Corrected August 8, 1989.

Review Denied December 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Jessica G. Funkhouser, Chief Counsel, Crim. Div., and Barbara A. Jarrett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

John C. Williams, Prescott, for appellant.


OPINION

FIDEL, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, who speaks slight English, was interrogated by a police officer who speaks no Spanish. A second officer served as interpreter. Though the interpreting officer no longer recalls defendant's statements, the interrogator recalls the interpreted version of those statements and was allowed to recount his recollection at trial. The question presented by this appeal is whether the interrogator's recollection of the interpreter...

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