Legal Opinion

People v. Munoz-Casteneda

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided July 5, 2012No. 09CA2629PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Chief Judge DAVIDSON.

{1 Defendant, Creceenciano Munoz-Cas-teneda, appeals from the judgment of convietion entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of possession with intent to distribute a schedule II controlled substance (cocaine) and possession of drug paraphernalia. We affirm. As a matter of first impression, we hold that when a fact witness translating an out-of-court conversation in which he or she participated (1) has personal knowledge of the relevant conversation; (2) is capable of translating the recording of that conversation without misleading the jury; and (8) is…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. People v. StewartSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
  3. United States v. Guillermo VallejoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
  4. Rosen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  5. Domingo-Gomez v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. SmalleyColorado Court of Appeals · 2015
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  3. People v. NerudColorado Court of Appeals · 2015
  4. People v. RamosColorado Court of Appeals · 2012
  5. People v. IversenColorado Court of Appeals · 2013

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