Kay v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

John Henry Kay appeals from a verdict and judgment sentencing him to five years’ imprisonment for robbery and to two additional years for committing the offense with a firearm. We find no merit in the two points for reversal that are presented.

The victim of the robbery, Khachia Muradain, who was employed in his son’s liquor store, speaks Armenian but not English. The son, who was not present when the robbery occurred and who did not testify, acted as the interpreter when his father testified for the State. Defense counsel objected to that procedure, on the ground…