Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

QBfficeof tfp Elttornrp&mral Sbtate of Qexas DAN MORALES .ATTORSLY CESmAL August 20,1993 Ms. Nancy F. Braswell opinion No. DM-245 Smith County Auditor Smith County Courthouse Re: Whether defendants in criminal cases Tyler, Texas 75702 may be required to reimburse a county for the cost of employing interpreters, and related questions (RQ-236) Dear Ms. Braswell: You ask six questions about the payment of interpreters in ckninal cases. You explain that, where a defendant was unable to communicatein English, a county court-at- law judge has assessed interpreters’fees as costs in some miminalcases…