Leal v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, pursuant to article 38.30, interpreter must “possess adequate interpreting skills for the particular situation” and must be “familiar with the use of slang”
• holding that, pursuant to article 38.30, interpreter must “possess adequate interpreting skills for the particular situation” and must be “familiar with the use of slang”
• holding that trial court erroneously admitted unsworn translation of Spanish conversation but not addressing whether contemporaneous written transcript was required if interpreter translated conversation during live testimony
• holding that admission of a recorded conversation in a foreign language is analogous to testimony by a non-English speaker and the safeguards of article 38.30 of the Code of Criminal Procedure apply
• holding that trial court erred in admitting Spanish tape recording without recording having been translated into English by a sworn interpreter, despite presence of English transcript provided by the State and relied upon by the jury
• stating that situation in which recording of conversation in foreign language is offered is “analogous to one where a non-English speaking witness testifies, and the safeguards of Art. 38.30 apply”

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Cited by

60 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hacker, Anthony Wayne
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-01-16· cited 484×
• Ex Parte Goodbread
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-03-25· cited 160×
• Colella v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-10-11· cited 114×
• Glossip v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2007-04-13· cited 68×
• Johnson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2006-07-26· cited 67×
• Martins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-07-26· cited 51×
• Peralta v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2010-11-30· cited 50×
• Flores v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2010-01-13· cited 42×
• Garza v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1999-07-23· cited 35×
• McDuff v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1997-05-01· cited 34×
• Morin v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1997-10-09· cited 17×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-05-01· cited 16×
• Francisco J. Castrejon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-01-23· cited 16×
• Romualdo Calixto v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2001-12-20· cited 13×
• Owens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-04-13· cited 10×
• Smith v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2009-01-29· cited 9×
• Crawford v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1993-08-31· cited 8×
• Castillo v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1991-03-14· cited 7×
• State v. Verdugo
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-11-30· cited 7×
• Cowan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1990-03-30· cited 1×

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gardner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-03-25· cited 509×
• Reed v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-01-20· cited 437×
• United States v. Phillip Onori and Theodore Bukky
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-07-26· cited 205×
• Paulus v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-05-26· cited 201×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-02-03· cited 153×
• United States v. Jesus Zambrana, Sr., Charles Cole and Jay Zambrana
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-03-07· cited 138×
• Callins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-09-27· cited 134×
• Reynolds v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-05-03· cited 98×
• Ives v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-03· cited 93×
• Drake v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-02-27· cited 85×
• Ex Parte Siller
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-02-27· cited 85×
• United States v. Felix Rengifo
  First Circuit· 1986-05-06· cited 80×
• Fortune v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-01-27· cited 72×
• United States v. Leonicio Fernando Cruz, Orlando Vincent Hernandez
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-07-15· cited 66×
• Ex Parte Reynolds
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-06-20· cited 57×
• Holcomb v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-01-27· cited 49×
• United States v. Robert Joseph Llinas
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-09-26· cited 48×
• Killough v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-06-25· cited 39×
• Ponder v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-01-27· cited 21×
• Ex Parte Nanes
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-12-14· cited 18×

Other cases named Leal v. State

29 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Leal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-11-18· cited 37×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-05-10· cited 36×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-05-21· cited 29×
• Leal v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1998-09-23· cited 17×
• Leal v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1987-08-28· cited 16×
• Leal v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1998-01-22· cited 15×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2015-03-25· cited 15×
• Leal v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1981-12-30· cited 13×
• Leal v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1986-05-01· cited 12×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1960-02-10· cited 11×
• Leal v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1990-11-21· cited 9×
• Leal v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2002-10-02· cited 7×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1959-06-10· cited 7×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1960-06-08· cited 7×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-04-20· cited 7×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-10-22· cited 5×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-04-02· cited 4×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1927-02-02· cited 3×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2014-01-15· cited 2×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-04-29· cited 2×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2014-12-03· cited 1×
• Leal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-04-04· cited 1×
• Leal v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-10-15· cited 1×
• Leal v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-03-17· cited 1×
• Leal v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-10-18
• Leal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1882-07-01
• Leal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1926-11-10
• Leal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-08-28
• Leal v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2019-06-10