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UNITED STATES v. TAPIA

No. 79-5642.

631 F.2d 1207 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Martin Medina TAPIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Aron Pena, Edinburg, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

James Gough, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHARLES CLARK, TJOFLAT and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

We write for the first time on the application of the Court Interpreters Act of 1978, 28 U.S.C. § 1827,1 when a criminal defendant speaks only or primarily a language other than the English language. We hope to give some guidance to the Courts below on how to comply with the statute.

Appellant, Martin Medina Tapia, was convicted by a jury of one count of conspiring with others, from on or about June 22...

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