Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Diemer
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 27, 2003No. 01-P-845PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKantrowitz, J.
The issue of significance1 concerns the appropriate remedy for a violation of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Article 36).2 We hold that, in the circumstances of this case, suppression of statements is not warranted and accordingly affirm the defendant’s conviction.3
Background. The defendant, Sven Olaf Diemer, a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany, was charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder, G. L. c. 274, § 4, the murder having been committed by one Heath Saffores some time in the late hours of May 22 or in the early morning hours of May 23,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Edye v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Breard v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- United States v. Chucks EmuegbunamCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. ChanthadaraCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Sorto v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
- State v. PrasertphongArizona Supreme Court · 2003
- People v. MontanoAppellate Court of Illinois · 2006
- Commonwealth v. GautreauxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- People v. MontanoAppellate Court of Illinois · 2006
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