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LET THEM EAT VACA FRITA

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Veteran and ace criminal defense attorney Jack Blumenfeld thought he had seen it all until a few weeks ago. Then he did exactly the right thing- he went to his computer and sent us this email:Rumpole, I had a situation the other day while trying to depose a Spanish speaking State witness. As I have always done, when the witness arrived I called the interpreter's office, only to be told that they no longer are allowed to do that in PCAC cases. They said, and Pat Gladstone of the AOC General Counsel's office confirmed, that the responsibility to pay lies with JAC. I spoke with Stephen Presnell of JAC and he also confirmed the procedure. I had advised Judge Soto about this and she asked me to email her when I had determined the procedure. Here is the email I sent her which explains what I found out...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on April 28, 2010 (boomark / email).