Principle

EVIDENCE LAW – Confessional Statement – Statement Through Interpreter – Admissibility

Area of law
EVIDENCE LAW
Court
Supreme Court

A confession taken through an interpreter is admissible, but the interpreter must be called as a witness to prove the accuracy of translation. The statement is not inadmissible solely because written in a different language—the issue is proof, not admissibility. Failure to call the interpreter…

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