Sec. 5. (1) If a deaf or deaf-blind person is arrested and taken into custody for any alleged violation of a criminal law of this state, the arresting officer and the officer's supervisor shall procure a qualified interpreter in order to properly interrogate the deaf or deaf-blind person and to interpret the deaf or deaf-blind person's statements. (2) A statement taken from a deaf or deaf-blind person before a qualified interpreter is present is not admissible in court.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.505
Arrest of deaf or deaf-blind person; procuring interpreter; inadmissibility of statements made without interpreter
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 194 Mich. App. 121 - People v. Brannon (1992)
Most recently applied in 194 Mich. App. 121 - People v. Brannon (May 1992)
1982, Act 204, Imd
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