Eden Flores v. State Texas

In Diaz v. State, 491 S.W.2d 166, it was stated, "The only basis for a trial court providing an interpreter to an accused is the constitutional and statutory guarantees of confrontation under the Constitutions of Texas and of the United States. Ex parte Marez, 464 S.W.2d 866 (Tex. Cr. App. 1971), citing Pointer v. Texas, 380 U.S. 400, 85 S. Ct. 1065, 13 L. Ed. 2d 923."