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Name: Molina v. Superior Court (2024) 103 Cal.App.5th 291
Case #: H050669
Opinion Date: 20240628
Summary

The Court of Appeal holds that requiring defendant to share a single Spanish-language interpreter with his two codefendants at their preliminary hearing denied defendant a substantial right. An error denies the defendant a substantial right when it reasonably might have affected the outcome. Failure to provide an individual interpreter precluded defendant’s ability to meaningfully participate in a criminal proceeding and limited his ability to challenge the evidence against him.