CORREA v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S093476.

117 Cal.Rptr.2d 27 (2002)

27 Cal.4th 444

40 P.3d 739

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

Supreme Court of California.

February 25, 2002.


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.

No appearance for Respondent.

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

Steve Cooley, District Attorney (Los Angeles), George M. Palmer, Head Deputy District Attorney, and Shirley S.N. Sun, Deputy District Attorney, for Appellate Committee of the California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


GEORGE, C.J.

In the present case, investigating officers testified at defendant's preliminary hearing regarding extrajudicial statements made by the Spanish-speaking victim of the alleged crimes and by another Spanish-speaking witness. The officers did not understand Spanish, but received the statements of the victim and the witness through contemporaneous translations provided by apparently unbiased bystanders during...

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