Sixth District Appellate Program

Jonathan Grossman 154452

Staff Attorney

100 N. Winchester Blvd., Suite 310

Santa Clara, CA 95050

(408) 241-6171

Appearing for Defendant,

Mario Salazar

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,	)

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Plaintiff and Respondent,	)

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v.	)

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MARIO SALAZAR,	)

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Defendant and Appellant.	)

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H025414

(Santa Clara County Superior Court No. CC249852)

APPLICATION FOR TRANSLATOR FEES

TO:	The Honorable Conrad L. Rushing, Presiding Justice, and to the Honorable Associate Justices of the Court of Appeal:

Appellant, Mario Salazar, respectfully requests that this Court grant $451.79 for translator fees. This motion is based on the attached declaration of counsel.

Dated: March 5, 2003	Respectfully submitted,

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Jonathan Grossman

Staff Attorney

Mario Salazar

Declaration of Counsel

I, Jonathan Grossman, declare:

1. I am a staff attorney for Sixth District Appellate Program. which has been appointed to represent appellant Mario Salazar. I handled the appeal as a staff case.

2. Good cause exists for the requested authorization for translator fees because:

a. Appellant speaks and is literate in Spanish; he does not speak or read and write in English. He was appointed a Spanish interpreter in the trial court.

b. I do not speak Spanish, nor can I read or write letters in Spanish.

c. Mr. Salazar and I wrote to each other discussing whether he should proceed with his appeal. This required an understanding of his right to appeal, the scope of the appeal, and the issues which could be raised He wrote to me three letters and I wrote to him two letters which needed to be translated by the Century School of Languages. The total cost was $451.79.

3. No prior requests for translator fees has been made.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of California that this declaration is true and correct. Executed on March 3, 2003 at Santa Clara, California.

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Jonathan Grossman