State v. Acosta

Defendant was convicted of robbery in the second degree following a jury trial. On appeal, he makes two assignments of error, both of which address the propriety of the denial of his pretrial motions to grant defense expenses. We affirm.

Before trial, defendant, a Spanish-speaking indigent, submitted a proposed order allowing him to incur expenses for an investigator, an interpreter and a polygraph operator who could speak Spanish. He requested that the court authorize $200 for the investigator and $200 for the polygraph operator pursuant to ORS 135.055(2), which provides:

"The person for whom…