Benvenuto v. State

DURRANT, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

T1 This case is before us on appeal from the district court's order denying Jorge Martin Benvenuto's petition for post-conviction relief. Benvenuto argues that the State of Utah violated his rights as a foreign national under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ("Vienna Convention") when law enforcement authorities failed to notify him of his right to consular notification upon his arrest. He also argues that he is entitled to post-conviction relief because his attorneys were ineffective in failing to notify him of his rights under the Vienna Convention…