PEOPLE v. LEON

No. B140721.

110 Cal.Rptr.2d 776 (2001)

91 Cal.App.4th 812

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Juan Chavez LEON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard J. Klaif, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Ojai, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Senior Assistant Attorney General, David C. Cook, and Lauren E. Dana, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

GILBERT, P.J.

The trial court permits the prosecution to call as its witness defendant's Spanish interpreter. The interpreter testifies she saw defendant commit an ambiguous act at counsel table which arguably could be incriminating. Here we conclude that admission of such evidence is prejudicial error.

Juan Chavez Leon appeals the judgment following his conviction of committing a forcible...

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