State v. Saldana

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered pursuant to a jury verdict of aggravated rape, Minn. St. 1974, § 609.291(2). Defendant principally contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel, was prejudiced by the absence of an interpreter at the preliminary hearing, and was entitled under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to have his pretrial jail time credited against his sentence. We disagree and accordingly affirm.

Complainant testified at trial that, subsequent to a party celebrating her completion of an…