No. 19-5936

Cesar Rosario Lopez-Ramos v. Minnesota

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2019-09-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination foreign-language-interpreter police-interrogation sixth-amendment testimonial-statements translation-evidence
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-01-10 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause permits the prosecution to introduce testimonial statements in the form of an unidentified foreign language interpreter's English translation of a defendant's statement given in Spanish during a police interrogation, where the interpreter did not testify and the defendant did not have a prior opportunity to cross-examine the interpreter.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause permits the prosecution to introduce testimonial statements in the form of an unidentified foreign language interpreter's English translation of a defendant's statement given in Spanish during a police interrogation, where the interpreter did not testify and the defendant did not have a prior opportunity to cross-examine the interpreter

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-22
Brief of respondent Minnesota in opposition filed.
2019-10-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 22, 2019.
2019-10-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 7, 2019 to November 22, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-10-08
Response Requested. (Due November 7, 2019)
2019-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
2019-09-27
Waiver of right of respondent Minnesota to respond filed.
2019-09-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Cesasr Rosario Lopez-Ramos
Cathryn Young MiddlebrookPublic Defender's Office, Petitioner
Minnesota
Travis James SmithSmith & Johnson, Respondent