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Appeals court considers interpreter and procedural claims in Reynoso v. Rathore
Summary
Reynoso appealed a civil judgment raising claims that the trial court should have offered a Spanish interpreter and that jury selection and instructions contained errors; appellees argued the record shows the plaintiff proceeded in English and waived objections. The panel heard extended argument and took the case under submission.
The Appeals Court heard April 10 argument in Reynoso v. Rathore, a civil appeal in which the appellant contends trial procedures deprived him of a fair proceeding because the trial judge did not provide a Spanish-language interpreter and the jury voir dire and instructions were improper.
Elizabeth Clegg, for the plaintiff-appellant, argued the trial record shows the appellant struggled with English and that Massachusetts law requires courts to offer interpreter services where a party “has…
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