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Finally, a little help....

By Melody Evans and Kirk Redmond

Please welcome a new guest blogger- Paige Nichols. Paige's submission today concerns United States v. Hasan, an interesting case concerning interpreters, conflicting trial court rulings, and plain error. Though the trenchant analysis and careful exposition of case facts clearly distinguish the rest of this post from the usual cobbled-together tripe around here, to be clear, the following was contributed by Paige:This week the Tenth Circuit decided United States v. Hasan, a fascinating case about grand juries, English as a second language, court interpreters (both as a matter of right and as a matter of district court discretion), inconsistent district court rulings, and plain error.Hasan Ali Hasan, a refugee from the Somalian civil war, was granted asylum in the United States in 1997...continue to full post

Full post as published by Kansas Federal Defender on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).