CORREA v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. G027265.

101 Cal.Rptr.2d 242 (2000)

84 Cal.App.4th 631

Azucena CORREA, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Orange County, Respondent; The People, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

Review Granted January 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl C. Holmes, Public Defender, Deborah A. Kwast, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Kevin Phillips, Assistant Public Defender, and Donald E. Landis, Jr., Deputy Public Defender for Petitioner.

Tony Rackauckas, District Attorney, Stephan Sauer and Brian F. Fitzpatrick, Deputy District Attorneys for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

O'LEARY, J.

Azucena Correa's writ petition addresses the admissibility of a police officer's testimony at a preliminary hearing with respect to statements made by the victim and witnesses in the field through an interpreter. We conclude the interpreter adds a layer of hearsay for which there is no legal exception. Accordingly, we hold the testimony was inadmissible, there was insufficient evidence to hold petitioner to answer, and thus her Penal...

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