Linton v. State

275 S.W.3d 493 (2009)

Audrey R. LINTON, Appellant

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. PD-0413-08.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 14, 2009.

Douglas L. Wilder, Dallas, TX, for Appellant.

Gail Kikawa McConnell, Assistant Distrct Atty., Conroe, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

OPINION

Appellant is deaf. She contends that she did not have adequate deaf-translation services at trial. In this case, we find that the three deaf interpreters provided by the trial court were constitutionally sufficient.[1] We therefore reverse the court of appeals, which had held, in essence, that the…