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E.D. New York· 9/28/1999

United States v. Rodrigues

Citations

  • 68 F. Supp. 2d 178
  • 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23672
  • 1999 WL 761171

How courts have described this case

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

  • “According to the State Department, all signatory countries remedy breach of Article 36’s notification provision through traditional diplomatic, not judicial, channels.”
  • reasoning, but not holding, that “the better reading of the treaty is that a foreign national does have standing to assert his or her right to consular notification under Article 36 of the Convention.”
  • chronicling certain recent developments in other countries’ approaches to compulsory self-incrimination
  • “There is no prohibition anywhere in the Convention against continuing to question a foreign national while awaiting consular contact.”
  • \There is no prohibition anywhere in the Convention against continuing to question a foreign national while awaiting consular contact.\
  • “Prejudice has never been — nor could reasonably be— found in a case where a foreign national was given, understood, and waived his or her Miranda rights.”

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Judges: Trager

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