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PEOPLE v. LANTIGUA

5504, 3149N/08, 5505, 2972/08, 5506, 2972/08.

86 A.D.3d 429 (2011)

926 N.Y.S.2d 510

2011 NY Slip Op 5863

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JUNIOR LANTIGUA, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MIGUEL MEJIAS, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided July 7, 2011.

The court's rulings relating to expert testimony were proper exercises of discretion. The People's translator was fully qualified to translate the Spanish conversations intercepted on wiretaps. The court properly permitted an expert to give background testimony on large-scale narcotics operations and to explain coded language. This information is beyond the knowledge of the average juror and would assist the jurors in understanding...

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