State v. Nemitz

This driving under the influence (DUI) case presents two issues. First, did the district court violate Keith Nemitz’s constitutional right to a representative jury by refusing to provide an interpreter for a Vietnamese prospective juror who had trouble understanding spoken English? Mr. Nemitz has no constitutional right to a non-English-speaking juror. The court did not err then by refusing to seat and provide an interpreter for this prospective juror.

The next question is whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Nemitz’s motion in limine to exclude all reference to a card he had been…