The trial court erred in allowing a witness' sister, who was also a commonwealth witness, to translate where the trial court failed to make a good-faith effort to obtain a certified interpreter. Judgment of sentence vacated; case remanded for new trial.
July 07, 2016 at 12:00 AM
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Evidence of Prior Bad Acts • Translation Without Certified Interpreter
Commonwealth v. Knox, PICS Case No. 16-0831 (Pa. Super. June 21, 2016) Strassburger, J. (13 pages).
The trial court erred in allowing a witness’ sister, who was also a commonwealth witness, to translate where the trial court failed to make a good-faith effort to obtain a certified interpreter. Judgment of sentence vacated; case remanded for new trial.
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