California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hernandez, 165 Cal.App.3d 413, 211 Cal.Rptr. 601 (Cal. App. 1985):
Mindful of the fact this court held in People v. Carreon (1984) 151 Cal.App.3d 559, 198 Cal.Rptr. 843 that "A violation of [the right to a defense interpreter] is reversible error only if an informed speculation by the reviewing court reveals that the defendant's right to effective representation was prejudicially affected under the peculiar facts of the case," (id., at p. 582, 198 Cal.Rptr. 843) defendant argues alternatively that application of the standard developed in Carreon to the instant case also mandates reversal.
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