PEOPLE v. VILLA-VILLA

No. 97CA1663.

983 P.2d 181 (1999)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hector VILLA-VILLA, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Lauren A. Edelstein, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, John T. Carlson, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge ROTHENBERG.

Defendant, Hector Villa-Villa, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of driving after judgment prohibited. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

I.

Defendant first contends that the trial court violated his right to present a defense by precluding his expert from testifying regarding defendant's lack of English comprehension skills. Because we conclude that such testimony was...

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