Sokau

Facts While on a lunch break, Eleazar Espitia saw appellant and appellant's girlfriend argue with Shayne Miranda, the victim. Miranda was sitting on the sidewalk in a cul-de-sac park area where homeless people congregated. Espitia saw appellant take a large beer bottle from a shopping cart and smash it on Miranda's head. Appellant went back to the shopping cart, grabbed another bottle and threw it at Miranda, shattering the bottle. Miranda got up and briskly walked away as blood poured down his face. Espitia had his work manager call the police, and followed appellant until the police arrived. Police officers found Miranda walking down the street, dirty and bleeding. Miranda did not want to talk to the police and was taken to a hospital. He was treated for facial and scalp lacerations with glass fragments in his head, a facial bone fracture, and a left temporal laceration that required sutures. Miranda was combative with hospital staff, tested positive for canaboids, and had an alcohol blood level of .302 percent. On the first day of trial, appellant asked for and was provided a Palauan interpreter. Appellant testified that Miranda touched his girlfriend and made sexual…