Is a defendant entitled to have his defense presented in an understandable manner?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Monteverde, 236 Cal.App.2d 630, 46 Cal.Rptr. 206 (Cal. App. 1965):
Every man accused of crime is entitled to have his defenses properly presented in an understandable manner. We believe that the defendant was here deprived of a right which was basic; the failure to permit a presentation of this defense constituted a miscarriage of justice. (People v. Gallagher, supra, 107 Cal.App. 425, 428, 290 P. 504.)
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