Diaz v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that even if a witness's concern about immigration status was relevant to impeach her, the court still must \determine if the probative value of that immigration status ... is outweighed by any unfair prejudice\
• ruling juror’s comments in open court regarding the interpretation of five testimony prejudicial
• ‘‘all persons are qualified for jury service except those who . . . are unable to read, speak, and under- stand the English language’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• expanded voir dire ques- tioning necessary to determine English proficiency of bilingual juror
• “When a prior out-of-court statement was originally given in another language, it is imperative that the trial judge ascertain the accuracy of that translation before the English interpretation of the statement is admitted into evidence.”
• “In trials involving foreign language testimony and English translation when one or more jurors are bilingual, federal judges endeavor to maintain a completely impartial jury by giving special instructions to the entire jury panel prior to opening arguments and at the end of the case[.]”

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Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• TXI Transportation Co. v. Hughes
  Texas Supreme Court· 2010-03-12· cited 206×
• Ortiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-01-25· cited 86×
• Gomez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-06-19· cited 51×
• Reyes v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2003-03-25· cited 31×
• Flonnory v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-08-14· cited 30×
• Banther v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2003-05-21· cited 24×
• Bell Sports, Inc. v. Yarusso
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-09-07· cited 17×
• Gomez v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-07-28· cited 13×
• Schwan v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-05-02· cited 11×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-06-24· cited 9×
• Banther v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-10-30· cited 8×
• State v. Gould
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2015-02-17
• Muniz-Rodriguez v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2025-10-14
• Cabrera v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2026-03-10
• State of New Jersey v. Christopher Reynoso
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2026-04-10