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EX PARTE COCKRELL

No. WR-78986-01.

424 S.W.3d 543 (2014)

Ex Parte Darrell Lynn COCKRELL, Applicant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 12, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Pawgan , Attorney at Law, Hunstville, TX, for Appellant.

Franklin McDonough , District Attorney Lipscomb County, Pampa, Lisa C. McMinn , State's Attorney, Austin, TX, for the State.

OPINION

ALCALA, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which MEYERS, WOMACK, JOHNSON, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

Despite the mandatory requirement in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure guaranteeing an interpreter for deaf defendants, none was provided for Darrell Lynn Cockrell, applicant, who was unable to understand a substantial portion of the proceedings at his jury trial. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 38.31. In this application for...

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