Interpreter For Defendant, Witness, or Juror Defendant, Participating with an Interpreter: The defendant is participating with the aid of Select appropriate alternative: (identify an interpreter of the language) sign language interpreter a reporter who will be recording the proceedings by a shorthand system and the recorded words will simultaneously appear on a computer screen for the defendant to read; that is known as Computer Assisted Real-time Translation. (specify, e.g. a reader for a trial person; a lip reader, etc.) The interpreter/reporter/(specify) is specially trained for such translation. That the defendant is participating with the aid of an interpreter/reporter/(specify) is not evidence of anything, and you are not to draw any negative inference against the defendant or the People because of the defendant’s use of an interpreter/reporter/(specify). Defendant, Testifying with the Aid of an Interpreter Note: If the defendant is the witness and the instruction above for a "defendant, participating with an interpreter" was given to the jury at the commencement of the trial, the court need only further instruct the jury as follows: 1
Interpreter For Defendant, Witness, or Juror Defendant, Participating with an Interpreter: The defendant is participating with the aid of Select appropriate alternative: an interpreter of (identify the language) sign language interpreter a reporter who will be recording the proceedings by a shorthand system and the recorded words will simultaneously appear on a computer screen for the defendant to read; that is known as Computer Assisted Real-time Translation. (specify, e.g. a reader for a person; a lip reader, etc.) The interpreter/reporter/(specify) is specially trained for such translation. That the defendant is participating with the aid of an interpreter/reporter/(specify) is not evidence of anything, and you are not to draw any negative inference against the defendant or the People because of the defendant’s use of an interpreter/reporter/(specify). Defendant, Testifying with the Aid of an Interpreter Note: If the defendant is the witness and the instruction above for a "defendant, participating with an interpreter" was given to the jury at the commencement of the trial, the court need only further instruct the jury as follows: 1 trial
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