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CORTEZ-RIVAS v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 210011.

867 S.E.2d 769 (2022)

Julio CORTEZ-RIVAS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 3, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fernando Villarroel (The Irving Law Firm, on brief), for appellant.

A. Anne Lloyd , Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General of Virginia, on brief), for appellee.

PRESENT: Goodwyn, C.J., Mims, Powell, Kelsey, McCullough, and Chafin, JJ., and Russell, S.J.

Julio Cortez-Rivas challenges his rape conviction, arguing that the prosecution violated his rights under the Confrontation Clause of the United States Constitution by failing to produce as a witness a police officer who translated for a detective at the scene of the crime. At trial, however, the Commonwealth...

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