Shu Guo Kan v. State

OPINION

Opinion by:

CATHERINE STONE, Justice.

Shu Guo Kan appeals from his conviction of indecency with a child by contact. After returning a verdict of guilty, the jury assessed punishment at sixteen years imprisonment. Kan challenges his conviction on the grounds that the court-appointed interpreter’s incomplete and inaccurate translation denied him his right of confrontation and prevented him from adequately understanding the trial proceedings, that he was not made aware of his right to testify, and that the prosecutor improperly commented on his failure to testify. Kan also complains that…