Cesar Rosario Lopez-Ramos v. Minnesota
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Whether the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause permits the prosecution to introduce testimonial statements in the form of an unidentified foreign language interpreter's English translation of a defendant's statement given in Spanish during a police interrogation, where the interpreter did not testify and the defendant did not have a prior opportunity to cross-examine the interpreter
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause permits the prosecution to i introduce testimonial statements in the form of an unidentified foreign language interpreter’s English translation of a defendant’s statement given in Spanish during a police interrogation, where the interpreter did not testify and the defendant did not have a prior opportunity to cross-examine the interpreter. i