Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 90.606
Total Results: 19
433 So. 2d 1311
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 1, 1983 | Docket: 1425858
Cited 8 times | Published
...If a trial judge determines that a witness cannot hear or understand the English language, or cannot express himself in English sufficiently to be understood, an interpreter who is duly qualified to interpret for the witness shall be sworn to do so. § 90.606(3), Fla....
443 So. 2d 339
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 28, 1983 | Docket: 1458538
Cited 8 times | Published
...he maximum penalty. Prior to accepting the plea, the trial court ruled an interpreter was necessary and swore in an interpreter to translate from English to Spanish and vice versa. [1] The record does not reveal whether the specific oath required by section 90.606(3) was administered, and neither an agreement stipulating to the interpreter's qualifications nor a statement concerning those qualifications appears in the record....
...ng the interpreter's participation in the acceptance of the plea, we briefly discuss the contention in the hope that similar problems do not occur after remand. We emphasize, as we must, that the decision to appoint an interpreter in accordance with section 90.606, Florida Statutes (1981), is a matter largely within the trial court's discretion, Watson v....
...discretion, Kaelin v. State, 410 So.2d 1355 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982). With these principles in mind, we observe that the record does not contain any mention of the qualifications of the court-appointed interpreter, his name, the specific oath required by section 90.606(3), or instructions which the trial court gave the interpreter concerning his participation in the plea proceeding....
...king defendant such as Monte requires an interpreter be appointed for sentencing as well, absent a valid waiver or the presence of other circumstances which would enable Monte to comprehend the sentencing proceeding. Cf. Balderrama, supra ; see also § 90.606....
...Accordingly, we affirm the judgment, but vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing, wherein the trial court is directed to appoint a "duly qualified" interpreter to assist Monte during the sentence hearing. AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part. OTT, C.J., and DANAHY, J., concur. NOTES [1] Section 90.606, Florida Statutes (1981), provides as follows: Interpreters and translators....
...ch we believe will reduce the problems incurred in determining, both at trial and on appeal, the validity of a guilty plea of a non-English speaking defendant. The trial court and defense counsel should ensure that: (1) the specific oath required by section 90.606(3) is administered to and taken by the interpreter and is made a matter of record; (2) the court directly and personally addresses each of his inquiries to the defendant in English and each question is recorded; (3) the interpreter imm...
764 So. 2d 895, 2000 WL 1133063
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 11, 2000 | Docket: 470355
Cited 6 times | Published
...ther a defendant understands English sufficiently to aid in his defense, much as the court has a duty to determine whether a defendant is mentally competent. 344 N.W.2d at 188. [1] Also, in Florida, a witness has a statutory right to an interpreter: 90.606....
...Interpreters and translators (1)(a) When a judge determines that a witness cannot hear or understand the English language, or cannot express himself or herself in English sufficiently to be understood, an interpreter who is duly qualified to interpret for the witness shall be sworn to do so. Section 90.606, Florida Statutes (1997)....
721 So. 2d 350, 1998 WL 736349
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 23, 1998 | Docket: 1322970
Cited 5 times | Published
...2d DCA 1983) (reversing denial of postconviction relief when defendant was denied competent and impartial interpreter at change of plea hearing). Second, while Detective Formosa took the oath for a witness, he was not required to take the oath set forth for interpreters and translators under section 90.606, Florida Statutes (1995)....
521 So. 2d 333, 1988 WL 18688
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 9, 1988 | Docket: 147496
Cited 5 times | Published
...Gen., Tallahassee, and Alfonso M. Saldana, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee. GUNTHER, Judge. We reverse the denial of a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief. During the plea proceedings, the trial court failed to comply with § 90.606, Florida Statutes (1985), by failing to swear in the interpreter....
664 So. 2d 1077, 1995 WL 712590
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 6, 1995 | Docket: 1229627
Cited 5 times | Published
...Leonardo Rodriguez, Sr., and Leonardo Rodriguez, Jr., appeal their convictions for aggravated battery and battery, respectively. We affirm. Defendants first contend that the trial court erred in failing to have the interpreter sworn as required by Section 90.606, Florida Statutes (1993)....
862 So. 2d 54, 2003 WL 22259453
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 3, 2003 | Docket: 1762768
Cited 4 times | Published
...A trial court's decision to allow for the use of an interpreter is generally a discretionary matter; however, a trial court abuses its discretion if the interpreter is not qualified, sworn, and impartial. Ortega v. State, 721 So.2d 350, 351 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998); see also § 90.606(1)(a), (2), Fla....
...While we agree with Gopar-Santana that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the interpretation, we conclude that the error was harmless in light of the other admissible evidence to support the convictions. Affirmed. FULMER and SILBERMAN, JJ., Concur. NOTES [1] Section 90.606(3), Florida Statutes (2001), requires that the interpreter take an oath that he or she will make a "true interpretation" of the testimony.
410 So. 2d 1355
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 3, 1982 | Docket: 477763
Cited 3 times | Published
...1981); Kelly v. Kinsey, 362 So.2d 402 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). The trial judge, after extensive inquiry, was satisfied with Cohn's ability to serve as an interpreter for Claire and the record does not establish that this decision was an abuse of discretion. See Section 90.606, Florida Statutes, Law Revision Council Note (1976)....
910 So. 2d 871, 2005 WL 1842543
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 5, 2005 | Docket: 1494759
Cited 1 times | Published
...Gai, the affidavit was insufficient to satisfy Venetian Salami. McMurrain v. Fason, 573 So.2d 915, 919-920 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). Additionally, any evidence regarding the insurance policy, should have been excluded. The policy was written in Italian and should have been translated into English pursuant to section 90.606(3)....
45 So. 3d 974, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 15560, 2010 WL 3984709
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 13, 2010 | Docket: 1929147
Published
...(2007) ("The Agency for Workforce Innovation shall provide printed bilingual instructional and educational materials in the appropriate language in those counties in which 5 percent or more of the households in the county are classified as a single-language minority."). As the Department says, [p]ursuant to § 90.606, Fla....
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 22, 2024 | Docket: 69404734
Published
sustaining Mother’s objection to this evidence. See § 90.606(3), Fla. Stat.; Blanco. v. State, 452 So. 2d 520
432 So. 2d 622, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19547
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 25, 1983 | Docket: 64597384
Published
through an interpreter who can understand him. Section 90.606, Florida Statutes requires that an interpreter
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 20, 2020 | Docket: 17178721
Published
native language. Transworld argues that under section 90.606(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2017), when a judge
710 So. 2d 199, 1998 WL 210830
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 1, 1998 | Docket: 1731422
Published
...Accordingly, we reverse the dismissal and remand for a hearing in which Apolinar can articulate her reason for not complying with the twenty-day requirement. Further, it would be advisable for the UAC to provide Apolinar with a Spanish interpreter for the remand hearing. See § 90.606, Fla....
988 So. 2d 87, 2008 WL 2744246
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 16, 2008 | Docket: 1722166
Published
...it's very difficult for the translator if you give a long narrative answer, okay? No one ever objected to the interpreter or suggested that the interpreter lacked the requisite qualifications. The use of interpreters during testimony is governed by section 90.606, Florida Statutes (2006), and the Florida Rules for Certification and Regulation of Court Interpreters....
...(3) An interpreter shall take an oath that he or she will make a true interpretation of the questions asked and the answers given and that the interpreter will make a true translation into English of any writing which he or she is required by his or her duties to decipher or translate. § 90.606(1)(a), (3); see Fla....
182 So. 3d 861, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 251, 2016 WL 71453
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 6, 2016 | Docket: 3026042
Published
...Bennett, 848 F.2d at 1140 (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 1827(d)); see also 28 U.S.C. §
1827(d)(1) (2012). Although there is a Florida statute that addresses the
appointment of interpreters to translate for non-English speaking or otherwise
language-impaired witnesses, see § 90.606, Fla....
153 So. 3d 927, 2014 WL 3971543
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 15, 2014 | Docket: 1002846
Published
...The court held several hearings on the question of how to use these
recordings and transcripts at trial. The defendants argued that no translation could be
introduced unless a translator who was an independent official translator was sworn
pursuant to section 90.606, Florida Statutes (2008), and testified that the transcript was
a true interpretation of the telephone calls....
...requires an "official" translation.
Indeed, in a criminal case, providing such a translation would put an imprimatur upon
the document that could only be harmful to the defendant.
The concept of an official translation emanates from section 90.606, which
governs the use of interpreters and translators in courtrooms....
