No. 19-5936

Cesar Rosario Lopez-Ramos v. Minnesota

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2019-09-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination foreign-language-interpreter police-interrogation sixth-amendment testimonial-statements translation-evidence
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Latest Conference: 2020-01-10 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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 (OCR Extract)

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

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-22
Brief of respondent Minnesota in opposition filed.
2019-10-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 22, 2019.
2019-10-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 7, 2019 to November 22, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-10-08
Response Requested. (Due November 7, 2019)
2019-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-09-27
Waiver of right of respondent Minnesota to respond filed.
2019-09-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Cesasr Rosario Lopez-Ramos
Cathryn Young MiddlebrookPublic Defender's Office, Petitioner
Minnesota
Travis James SmithSmith & Johnson, Respondent