Legal Opinion
Sandoval v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 31, 2009No. 07-4005PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Hector Sandoval, a Mexican national, held a man captive at gunpoint following a drug deal gone awry. For this conduct, he was charged with, and a jury convicted him of, kidnapping and using and carrying a gun during a crime of violence. He filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion arguing that the government violated his rights under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations by failing to notify Sandoval of his right to access the Mexican consulate following his arrest. Because Sandoval procedurally defaulted his consular notification claim, we affirm the denial…
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