The Colorado Supreme Court weighs in on the rights of Spanish-speaking defendants to receive Miranda warnings in a way they can actually understand them.



According to the opinion, the interrogation techniques weren't so hot either. Besides telling the defendant that he had a right to "carry" silent, the detective apparently had a bit of trouble asking about the offense:



In addition to these difficulties with the warnings, the defense expert observed several other indicators of miscommunication including the fact that . . . the detective did not know several words in Spanish crucial to the interrogation and the resulting sexual assault charge; specifically, Detective Lobato did not know the Spanish words for vagina, penis, condom, ejaculate, semen, or underwear.



That would make it a tad difficult to question him about a sexual assault.



Another one from How Appealing.