TORRES v. U.S.

No. 01-CF-755.

929 A.2d 880 (2007)

Carlos TORRES, Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 9, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Douglas Loeffler, appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant.

Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman, James G. McGovern, and Timothy J. Kelly, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before RUIZ and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges, and TERRY, Senior Judge.


Terry, Senior Judge:

Appellant Torres was convicted of unauthorized use of a vehicle and receiving stolen property. On appeal he challenges only the trial court's denial of his pretrial motion to suppress certain statements. He contends that he is a "non-English speaking person" within the meaning of the Interpreters for Hearing-Impaired and Non-English Speaking Persons Act ("the Interpreter Act"), D.C.Code §§ 2-1901 et seq. (2001), which requires...

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