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2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 25 COURTS; CIVIL PROCEDURE
25-2401 Interpreters; public policy.

25-2401. Interpreters; public policy.

It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that the constitutional rights of persons unable to communicate the English language cannot be fully protected unless interpreters are available to assist such persons in legal proceedings. It is the intent of sections 25-2401 to 25-2407 to provide a procedure for the appointment of such interpreters to avoid injustice and to assist such persons in their own defense.

Source
    Laws 1973, LB 116, § 1;
    Laws 1987, LB 376, § 11;
    Laws 2002, LB 22, § 8.

Annotations If a defendant understands and communicates reasonably well in the English language, the mere fact that such defendant might be able to accomplish self-expression a little better in another language does not warrant utilizing an interpreter at trial. State v. Topete, 221 Neb. 771, 380 N.W.2d 635 (1986).


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