· 10/5/2001
United States v. Chucks Emuegbunam
Citations
- 268 F.3d 377
- 57 Fed. R. Serv. 1385
- 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 21509
- 2001 WL 1176577
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that \the Vienna Convention does not create a right for a detained foreign national to consult with the diplomatic representatives of his nation that the federal courts can enforce\
- stating that the Sixth Circuit had not decided whether witness immunity can cure the prosecution’s distortion of the fact-finding process
- explaining that the Vienna Convention’s preamble expressly disclaims the creation of individual rights
- stating that prosecutorial misconduct presents a mixed question of law and fact
- interpreting a treaty “consistent with the background presumption against implying personal rights in international treaties”
- interpreting a treaty “consistent with the background presumption against implying personal rights in international treaties”
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Judges: Batchelder, Keith, Norris
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