Legal Opinion
Peralta v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided November 30, 2010No. 08-09-00006-CRPublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
We are again presented with a videotaped confession conducted in the Spanish language and the legal requirements for admitting the tape and an English translation. The procedures employed are critical because many jurors are fluent in *602Spanish and may interpret statements differently than a court interpreter or an official English translation. Even more problematic is the risk of Spanish-speaking jurors relating their own versions to other members of venire that speak only English. Today we strive to offer a protocol that will provide parallel consistency…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Carmouche v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Francisco J. Castrejon v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014
- David Uriel-Ramirez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2012
- Alejandro Moran v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2012
- Alejandro Moran v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2012
- Allen Luangrath v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2019
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