Legal Opinion
People v. Rodriguez
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 8, 1989PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
William D. Friedmann, J.
This proceeding places in focus the competence of a sign language interpreter used to assist two Grand Jury witnesses who are profoundly deaf and speech impaired.
*106Archaically these persons would be termed "deaf-mutes”, and will be so referred to where necessary with regret. From a modern day professional standpoint, the more correct disability classification would be persons with profound hearing and speech impairments. Such persons may have some hearing and some facility of speech. There are more than 200,000 such disabled persons1 in the United…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Cowley v. . People of the State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Additional January 1979 Grand Jury of Albany Supreme Court v. DoeNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. McGeeCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- People v. CadeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- In re June 1982 Grand Jury of the Supreme CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Denton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- Phillips v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2009
- Yellen v. BaezCivil Court of the City of New York · 1997
- In re Luz P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. BurnetNew York Supreme Court · 2009
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