Ramos v. Terry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The use of qualified interpreters is necessary to preserve meaningful access to the legal system for persons who speak and understand only languages other than English.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bishop v. Hall · 350 Ga. App. 322 - SARAT-VASQUEZ v. the STATE.

2. “It is an abuse of discretion for a trial court to appoint someone to serve as an interpreter who is neither certified nor registered [nor conditionally approved] as an interpreter without ensuring that the person appointed is qualified to serve as an interpreter, without apprising the appointee of the role s/he is to play, without verifying the appointee’s understanding of the role, and without having the appointee agree in writing to comply with the interpreters’ code of professional responsibility.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Weldon v. State

3. “waived any concern he had about the interpreter’s abilities by failing to object at the habeas hearing. The failure to interpose a timely objection to an interpreter’s qualifications constitutes a waiver of the issue on appeal,”). 2 . See Tex. Gov’t Code § 508.141(a)(1) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cruz, Raul Fernando Holguin