Darden concludes his recross-examination of Rosa Lopez with two pointed questions: whether Cochran briefed her on the contents of a letter, and whether she knows how to say 'I do not remember' in Spanish. Lopez responds that she does not pay attention because she does not understand what the attorneys discuss. In the interpreter-mediated exchange, the record gives her answers about the Spanish phrase as 'no' and 'I don't remember'; it does not establish that she spoke those recorded English words directly.
# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT:) # 2 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. MR. DARDEN, WOULD YOU CONTINUE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
# 3 Q: BY MR. DARDEN: MISS LOPEZ, REGARDING THE PARAGRAPH JUST READ TO YOU BY THE INTERPRETER, DID MR. COCHRAN DISCUSS WITH YOU THE GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF THIS LETTER?
# 4 A: UMM, THEY TELL ME ALWAYS, BUT I DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THEM BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
KEY QUOTE # 5 Q: IS THERE A PHRASE IN SPANISH THAT MEANS "I DO NOT REMEMBER"?
# 8 A: THAT'S THE PHRASE, "NO".
# 9 Q: CAN YOU SAY "I DO NOT REMEMBER" IN SPANISH?
# 10 MR. COCHRAN: WELL, YOUR HONOR --
# 11 ROSA LOPEZ: I DON'T REMEMBER IN SPANISH.
# 12 MR. COCHRAN: THAT'S IRRELEVANT, WHAT DIALECT --
# 13 THE COURT: OVERRULED. OVERRULED.
# 14 ROSA LOPEZ: IT IS THE SAME IN SPANISH. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT, NO, SIR. NO, I DON'T REMEMBER AND I DON'T REMEMBER, IT'S THE SAME THING, SIR.
KEY QUOTE # 15 MR. DARDEN: THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.