United States Seventh Circuit

Excluding the defendant's post-arrest statements about his narcotics trafficking is not an appropriate remedy for an Article 36 violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Without showing some official coercion, defendant cannot show that his confession was involuntary.

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• Decided 11/01/2000
• Published 11/01/2000

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• United States Seventh Circuit

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