State v. Wadas

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Timothy Wadas appeals from his conviction by jury in the Circuit Court of Miller County of one count of driving while intoxicated, § 577.010,1 contending that evidence of statements made by him to an unlicensed, uncertified sign language inter*468preter were improperly admitted into evidence in violation of § 476.753.2. For the following reasons, Wadas’s conviction and sentence are reversed, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.

On February 20, 2005, at approximately 1:55 a.m., Jonathan Hasker, Chief of Police for the Lake Ozark Police Department, stopped a…