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Facts

• The Defendant was convicted by a jury for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and injuring/tampering with a motor vehicle. The appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the convictions and raises issues of juror bias, ineffective assistance of counsel, and incorrect courtroom interpretation from English to Spanish.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Appellant: The Defendant argued that the evidence was insufficient to prove intent to injure and to prove that the Defendant did not act in the defense of others. Additionally, the Defendant sought to raise new claims of juror bias, ineffective assistance of counsel, and incorrect interpretation by the courtroom interpreter.
• Appellee: The State, represented by the Attorney General, argued in favor of affirming the conviction, although specific arguments are not detailed in the provided text.

Legal Issues

• Whether the evidence was sufficient to support the Defendant's convictions for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and injuring/tampering with a motor vehicle.
• Whether the Defendant was denied a fair trial due to juror bias.
• Whether the Defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel.
• Whether incorrect interpretation from English to Spanish by the courtroom interpreter affected the trial's fairness.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals denied the motion to amend the docketing statement and affirmed the Defendant's conviction.

Reasons

• The Court, consisting of Chief Judge Linda M. Vanzi, Judge Michael E. Vigil, and Judge M. Monica Zamora, provided several reasons for their decision:
  The Defendant's challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence was deemed abandoned as he did not adequately respond to the Court's proposed analysis of this issue (para 2).
  The motion to amend the docketing statement to include claims of juror bias, ineffective assistance of counsel, and incorrect courtroom interpretation was denied. The Court found that the motion lacked sufficient information to support these issues and that the necessary information was not present in the record (paras 3-7).
  Regarding juror bias, the Court noted the absence of an objection to the allegedly biased juror and a lack of demonstration that the juror was unable to perform his duty impartially (para 5).
  On the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, the Court found that the Defendant did not demonstrate how his attorney's performance was deficient and prejudiced his defense. The Court suggested that such a claim might be more appropriately pursued through habeas corpus proceedings (para 6).
  The allegation of incorrect courtroom interpretation did not specify preserved error or identify inaccurately translated testimony. The Court declined to assign the appeal to the general calendar based on a vague allegation of error (para 7).