People v. Rodriguez

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Fred Eggert, J.), rendered December 13, 1988, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of arson in the second degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of from IV2 to 15 years’ imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

The record reveals that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant’s request for a second Spanish interpreter at trial, where, during the trial proceedings, the court directed the defendant’s interpreter to translate the testimony of a witness for the benefit of the jurors. (People v Ramos, 26 NY2d 272.)

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