United States Eleventh Circuit

Neither violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, nor violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, warrant dismissal of an indictment against a Colombian citizen for murder of DEA agents; a life sentence was proper for violation of 18 U.S.C. section 1117.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/12/2002
• Published 07/12/2002

Judges

• COX, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, COX and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robin Farnsworth, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def., Kathleen M. Williams, Fed. Pub. Def., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellant., Lisa T. Rubio, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anne Ruth Schultz, Dawn Bowen, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.