State v. Marsh

Charles Marsh was convicted of first degree rape of a child. On appeal he presents a constitutional challenge to the court’s disqualification of potential jurors who could not speak English. In particular, he contends nonhearing jurors are entitled to interpreters, therefore non-English-speaking jurors should also be entitled to interpreters. He also assigns error to the court’s failure to remove jurors for bias, to the prosecutor’s conduct during cross-examination of Mr. Marsh, and to evidentiary issues. We find that the jury venire selection process complied with a constitutionally sound…