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GARCIA v. STATE

No. 489-03.

149 S.W.3d 135 (2004)

Jose Medrano GARCIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 24, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Davis, Angleton, for Appellant.

Jeffrey D. Kyle, Asst. DA, Angleton, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for State.

OPINION

KEASLER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court joined by MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ.

Jose Medrano Garcia does not speak English. His jury trial had mostly English-speaking witnesses and court personnel, and the proceedings were not translated. He did not affirmatively waive his right to translation and was apparently unaware of that right. We must decide whether Garcia's conviction violates the Confrontation...

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