Benitez v. State

WELLS, Judge.

Sigifredo Benitez appeals from an order revoking his probation and resulting sentence. He argues that what transpired at the hearing below amounted to a denial of his constitutional right to be “present” in court during a critical stage of the proceedings because no interpreter was present. We agree and reverse and remand on that basis.

In Summerall v. State, 588 So.2d 31, 32 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991), we observed that “[w]ithout question, the pronouncement of a verdict and sentence in a ... probation revocation hearing is a critical stage of the proceedings at which the defendant is…