1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.2d
  4. 877 A.2d
  5. 877 A.2d 1040 (2005)
 

RAMIREZ v. U.S.

No. 00-CF-792.

877 A.2d 1040 (2005)

Efrain RAMIREZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 16, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Rosenau, appointed by the court, Washington, for appellant.

Thomas S. Rees, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman, and Kelly A. Higashi, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, REID, Associate Judge, and STEADMAN, Senior Judge.

STEADMAN, Senior Judge:

Efrain Ramirez, a Spanish-speaking immigrant from El Salvador, was acquitted of a rape-related charge but convicted by a jury of assault with a dangerous weapon. At his trial, four errors in translation during his testimony were detected by the Spanish-speaking prosecutor and defense counsel and corrective action was taken. Although no further action was sought by Ramirez, he now claims on appeal that the trial court committed reversible error...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases