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Title: United States v. Martinez-Gaytan
Author : Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 05, 2000
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 58 KB

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The instant case requires us to decide under what circumstances a translated confession is insufficiently reliable to excuse the translators absence from a suppression hearing. We hold that where the particular facts of a case cast significant doubt upon the accuracy of a translated confession, the translator or a witness who heard and understood the untranslated confession must be available for testimony and cross-examination at the suppression hearing before the confession can be admitted. We vacate the district courts denial of Appellants suppression motion and remand for a new suppression hearing at which Appellant will have the opportunity to cross-examine the translator concerning the confession.