KAREN R. BAKER, Associate Justice.
A Washington County jury found appellant Jose Luis Mendez guilty of rape, attempted murder, aggravated residential burglary, and aggravated assault and sentenced him to a total of sixty years' imprisonment. Appellant, who speaks only Spanish, asserts that the circuit court erred in admitting the State's translation of a statement he gave to the police in Spanish because it was not prepared by a qualified certified translator as required...
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