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COMMONWEALTH v. BELETE

No. 93-P-1333.

37 Mass. App. Ct. 424 (1994)

640 N.E.2d 511

COMMONWEALTH vs. MESFINE G. BELETE.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

October 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Manning for the defendant.

Marian T. Ryan, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: JACOBS, GILLERMAN, & GREENBERG, JJ.

GREENBERG, J.

Mesfine G. Belete, the defendant, concedes that, while a complaint against him for "operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor," see G.L.c. 90, § 24(1)(a)(1), was awaiting trial in the District Court, he contacted a court interpreter who had been appointed to render the upcoming testimony in the defendant's native Ethiopian dialect — Amharic.1 The complainant, a qualified interpreter...

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