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OPD wants DUI case of Chinese motorist dismissed

Assistant public defender Heather M. Zona is asking the Superior Court to dismiss a traffic case of a Chinese national who was made to perform field sobriety tests and then arrested without being provided a translator—despite the man being unable to speak or understand English....
Posted On May 07 2019 06:06
, By Ferdie De La Torre

OPD wants prosecution stopped from having proposed experts testify in case

The Office of the Public Defender wants the Superior Court to exclude from testifying in a murder case any experts proposed by the CNMI government who have not been designated at this point because the prosecution has allegedly provided no notice to the defense of such experts....
Posted On Apr 30 2019 06:06
, By Ferdie De La Torre
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Finding interpreter not the job of OPD—defense lawyer

The Office of the Public Defender, on behalf of a defendant facing murder charges, is questioning the Superior Court’s act requiring the OPD to provide a Tagalog interpreter. Assistant public defender Heather M. Zona, counsel for Alfonso Parongan, asserted that assigning OPD the...
Posted On Apr 12 2019 06:06
, By Ferdie De La Torre

OPD files 14th motion in sexual abuse of minor case

Assistant public defender Heather M. Zona or the Office of the Public Defender filed last Wednesday the 14th motion as counsel of a defendant in a 2016 sexual abuse of a minor case, and blamed the Office of the Attorney General for the “unwarranted delay” of the trial. This time,...
Posted On Mar 01 2019 06:06
, By Ferdie De La Torre
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