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GONZALEZ v. U.S.

No. 94-CF-824.

697 A.2d 819 (1997)

José M. GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Severina B. Rivera, Washington, DC, appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese, III and Kristan L. Peters-Hamlin, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and RUIZ, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant Gonzalez, a native of El Salvador, was convicted of distributing cocaine.1 At trial he was assisted by a court-appointed interpreter. On appeal he contends (1) that the trial court erred in failing to make a preliminary determination that the interpreter was competent to translate the proceedings for him; (2) that the court impermissibly allowed an expert government witness to testify beyond the scope...

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