Legal Opinion
People v. Romero
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 22, 1991PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Hancock, Jr., J.
Defendant, who speaks and understands only Spanish, was convicted of two sales of drugs to an undercover police officer, who speaks and understands only English. The "buys” on which the convictions were based were made with the assistance of a paid bilingual informant who participated in setting up the transactions and acted as the interpreter for both defendant and the undercover officer. During the jury trial, the undercover officer, over objection to his testimony as inadmissible hearsay, was permitted to testify to what the informant told him in English…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Nadau v. White River Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- People v. . RandazzioNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Commonwealth v. VoseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- United States v. Glory Walter UshakowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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