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- Title: State v. Jonas
- Author : Arizona Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 22, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 49 KB
Description
Defendant, who speaks slight English, was interrogated by a police officer who speaks no Spanish. A second officer served as interpreter. Though the interpreting officer no longer recalls defendants statements, the interrogator recalls the interpreted version of those statements and was allowed to recount his recollection at trial. The question presented by this appeal is whether the interrogators recollection of the interpreters translation of defendants statements constituted inadmissible hearsay. More precisely, the question is whether the interrogators testimony, albeit hearsay, qualified for admission pursuant to Rule 803(24) of the Arizona Rules of Evidence, known as the "catch-all" exception to the hearsay rule.