Legal Opinion

United States v. Manoucheka Charles

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided July 25, 2013No. 12-14080PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

Manoucheka Charles, a Haitian national, appeals from her conviction for knowingly using a fraudulently altered travel document in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a). Charles, who speaks Creole and does not speak English, argues that her conviction must be reversed because the only evidence to support the charge that she knowingly used a fraudulently altered travel document was the third-party testi*1321mony of a Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) officer as to the out-of-court statements made by an interpreter who translated Charles’s Creole language statements into English…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  5. Bullcoming v. New MexicoSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. United States v. Carlington CruickshankCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
  2. United States v. Ivan CurbeloCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
  3. United States v. Freddie WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015
  4. United States v. Charlie L. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
  5. Commonwealth v. AdonsotoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016

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