Wang

The People appeal the superior court's order setting aside an information and dismissing their case against respondent, Yong Wang. Wang was charged in a one-count information with grand theft by embezzlement (Pen.Code, § 487, subd. (b)(3)) [1] from his former employer, American Huachen International. After a preliminary hearing, the magistrate held Wang to answer. Wang moved in the superior court to set aside the information, urging the magistrate had improperly considered testimony by an investigating detective that related statements of the company's chairman of the board. The company's office manager had translated the chairman's statements from Mandarin Chinese to English, and the detective had testified to the statements as translated. Wang contended, inter alia, that although Proposition 115 allowed hearsay testimony at preliminary hearings, multiple hearsay was inadmissible. He argued that the translation of the statements created a second level of hearsay, making the deputy's testimony inadmissible. The superior court set aside the information and dismissed the case, finding no showing the translator was competent and that the magistrate had improperly relied…