The following excerpt is from People v. Rivera, 15 N.Y.S.3d 714 (Table) (N.Y. Crim. Ct. 2015):
Defendants conclude that based on the unsigned Spanish statement and a telephone conversation in Spanish with an unidentified investigator, the complaining witness did not speak English. A certificate of translation was never submitted, which rendered the misdemeanor complaint unconverted,' which effectively rendered the intervening no-consent adjournments chargeable to the People (citing People v. Camacho at 36, 711 N.Y.S.2d 283 ).
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