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Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.505: Arrest of deaf or deaf-blind person; procuring interpreter; inadmissibility of statements made without interpreter.

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  1. MI Code
  2. Chapter 393
  3. Act Act-204-of-1982

Sec. 5.

(1) If a deaf or deaf-blind person is arrested and taken into custody for any alleged violation of a criminal law of this state, the arresting officer and the officer's supervisor shall procure a qualified interpreter in order to properly interrogate the deaf or deaf-blind person and to interpret the deaf or deaf-blind person's statements.

(2) A statement taken from a deaf or deaf-blind person before a qualified interpreter is present is not admissible in court.

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