Mesidor v. State

Ghislaine MESIDOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 9, 1988.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1988-03-09

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently July 2008

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Decided 1988-03-09

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¶1Lloyd M. Routman, of Lloyd M. Routman, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Alfonso M. Saldana, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

¶3GUNTHER, Judge.

¶4We 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. Also, the court failed to determine the competency and bias of the interpreter.

¶5REVERSED AND REMANDED.

¶6DOWNEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.