Cases thrown out without Navajo interpreter

THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2002

Navajo interpreters must be available to help Navajo-speakers during jury selections, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

The court in a unanimous decision said potential jurors who need translation services cannot be excluded only because they speak Navajo. The ruling throws out two cases in two counties.

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