PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the issue of whether a district court must conduct a colloquy with a non-English-speaking defendant to ensure that the defendant's waiver of his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial is made voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently. We hold that in these circumstances, a colloquy is required.
FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
On April 26, 1991, a federal grand jury indicted Sergio Duarte-Higareda ("Duarte"...
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