Consular rights ruling [US SC] News
Consular rights ruling [US SC]

Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon and Bustillo v. Johnson, Supreme Court of the United States, June 28, 2006 [holding that suppression of statements given to the police is not an appropriate remedy when police fail to inform foreign nationals of their right to have their consulates notified of their arrests under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations]. Read the Court's majority opinion per Chief Justice Roberts, along with a concurrence in the judgment from Justice Ginsburg, and a dissent [text] from Justice Breyer, who was joined in full by Justices Stevens and Souter and in part by Justice Ginsburg. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.