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PEOPLE v. TOMAS

No. 5-83-0722.

136 Ill. App.3d 1054 (1985)

484 N.E.2d 341

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARCELINO TOMAS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied September 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy E. Blue and Daniel M. Kirwan, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellants.

John R. Clemons, State's Attorney, of Murphysboro (Robert J. Biderman and David E. Mannchen, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

The instant case is one of first impression in Illinois involving the issue of whether the non-English-speaking defendants were deprived of their rights to effective assistance of counsel and to be present and participate at their trial when the trial court used their court-appointed interpreter to translate the proceedings at trial rather than appointing a second interpreter for...

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