ALBANY – A judge did not err by refusing a defense request to remove a court interpreter in a Manhattan burglary trial because the interpreter was acquainted with the complainants, a divided state Court of Appeals has ruled.
In another determination yesterday, the judges clarified a question they left open in a 2003 decision by holding that the failure to file proof of facts constituting a default judgment claim is not a jurisdictional defect that renders the judgment a nullity.
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