PEOPLE v. SMITH


195 Misc.2d 434 (2003)

759 N.Y.S.2d 315

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. GEORGE SMITH, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Bronx County.

April 4, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick L. Bruno, Floral Park, for defendant.

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney (Lawrence Piergrossi of counsel), for plaintiff.


OPINION OF THE COURT

DAVID STADTMAUER, J.

Defendant moves for a mistrial on the grounds that the testimony of the complaining witness in the language of Krio did not require the services of an interpreter, that the interpreter relayed the testimony inaccurately, and that Krio, in any event, is not a language.

The defendant on trial is charged in a nine-count indictment with attempted murder in the second degree, attempted assault in the first degree...

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