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Spanish grand jury subpoena

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April 17, 2006, 09:37
Rachel Patton
Spanish grand jury subpoena
I have a victim of a child sexual assault that I need to subpoena to grand jury. Her parents do not speak English (she does). Should I send the grand jury subpoena for her out in Spanish? If so, does anyone have one already translated? Thanks for any and all help.
April 17, 2006, 15:26
GG
In cases where I have a child victim of a crime, I always issue a subpoena for the child themselves AND for their parent/guardian, duces tecum.

I would issue the subpoenas in english. Perhaps you could enclose a cover letter in spanish to the parents advising them of the grand jury subpoena and what it says. Further, if your investigator or whoever serves the gj subs on them is a spanish speaker, then I would additionally have them explain to the witness what the subpoena means, and note that he/she explained same in spanish on the return. I think all official court documents should be issued in english, the official language of the land.