Kevin Eugene Jackson, Jr. v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

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

• Upholding conviction even though “[t]here is no way to know what really happened between the witness and the interpreter, nor determine the adequacy of the translation.”
• affirming denial of motion to suppress where defendant relied on government’s argument at bail hearing that he resided at searched property and failed to present any evidence supporting his standing
• considering errors in interpretation “within the context of the entire trial”
• “occasional lapses in [word for word interpretation] will not necessarily contravene a defendant’s constitutional rights”
• no error where law clerk read the jury’s question into the record and discussed alternative Allen charges with counsel while waiting for the judge to arrive

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).