A U.S. Appellate Court Overturns Conviction Due to Failure of Government and Counsel to Notify Defendant of Consular Rights

On September 9, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated the conviction of a defendant for ineffective assistance of counsel and remanded the case to the district court because his counsel failed to seek remedy for the government’s failure to notify him of his right to consular assistance under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, Art. 36...[more]