LOPEZ v. STATE

No. S01A1413.

558 S.E.2d 698 (2002)

274 Ga. 663

LOPEZ v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramon J. Fajardo, Leesburg, for appellant.

Robert W. Lavender, Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Ruth Mary Bebko, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HINES, Justice.

Eleazar Lopez appeals his conviction for malice murder in connection with the fatal bludgeoning and stabbing of Juan Alvarez-Crispin.1 Lopez challenges the conviction on the bases that he was not properly and adequately advised of his consular rights pursuant to Article 36 of the Vienna Convention;2 that he was denied his constitutional right to testify at trial; and that he did not receive...

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