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Lack of interpreter gets man new sentencing in drug conviction

WASHINGTON – A divided federal appeals court Tuesday ordered a new sentencing hearing in a drug case in which the presiding judge dismissed a Spanish-language interpreter after the defendant said he wanted to proceed in English. A majority of the three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Adalberto Murguia-Rodriguez deserved another […]

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