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Fifth Circuit· 4/10/1996

Faulder v. Johnson

Citations

  • 81 F.3d 515
  • 1996 WL 169616

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that treaty \violation . . . does not merit reversal\ because petitioner failed to demonstrate prejudice
  • stating that the court \in no way approve[s] of [the state's] failure to advise\ the defendant of his Convention rights
  • reaching merits and acknowledging that Canadian detainee had not \been advised of his rights under the Convention\
  • finding no prejudice because “the evidence that would have been obtained by the [foreign] authorities is merely the same as or cumulative of evidence defense counsel had or could have obtained”
  • Canadian government’s failure to obtain case-related information for an arrested foreign national, as required by the Convention, did not require reversal since the information was the same as that which defense counsel could have obtained

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Judges: Jones, Duhé, Wiener

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