United States v. Perez-Lopez ___ F.3d ____ (9th Cir. November 7, 2003) (Spanish-language Miranda card informing defendant that "En caso de que no tenga dinero, Ud. tiene el derecho de solicitar de la corte un abogado," which testifying officer translated in court as saying, "In case you don' t have enough money or funds, you have the right to solicit the Court for an attorney," was inadequate, in that it did not inform the defendant that he had a right to an attorney, not just that he could ask the court for one)
Use Note: get foreign language Miranda warnings translated. Don't assume that they are sufficient.

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