People v. Duenas

— Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant contends that the court’s refusal to provide simultaneous translation from English to Spanish during pretrial proceedings violated his rights to effective assistance of counsel and confrontation of witnesses under the US and NY Constitutions.

Aware that the defendant did not understand English, the court appointed an official interpreter at arraignment. An official interpreter was present at all pretrial proceedings. No objection was raised as to the manner or extent of translation until the second day of a suppression hearing. Indeed, the…