Legal Opinion
United States v. Morales-Madera
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 20, 2003No. 02-1220PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
In our increasingly pluralistic and multilingual society, the issues raised by this case will grow in importance. This case arises in the federal courts of Puerto Rico. These courts often face the difficult task of admitting evidence that originates in the Spanish language while seeking to comply with the Jones Act, 48 U.S.C. § 864, which requires that court proceedings be conducted in English. In this case, the evidence involved fifty-two recordings of wiretapped conversations in Spanish among members of a drug importation and distribution conspiracy.
The defendant,…
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