STATE v. ROMAN

(14073)

224 Conn. 63 (1992)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. MIGUEL ROMAN

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released November 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret P. Levy, for the appellant (defendant).

Mitchell S. Brody, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were John M. Bailey, state's attorney, and John Massameno, assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

PETERS, C. J., CALLAHAN, BORDEN, BERDON and NORCOTT, JS.


PETERS, C. J.

The principal issue in this criminal appeal is whether, in the absence of a continuous word-for-word translation of English into Spanish, the trial court should have suppressed, as coerced and involuntary, the inculpatory statements elicited during a custodial interrogation of the defendant, Miguel Roman, a Spanish speaking person. A jury found the defendant guilty of the crime of murder in violation of General...

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