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STATE v. CHAVEZ

(CC CR9801722; CA A106896; SC S48383).

56 P.3d 923 (2002)

335 Or. 44

STATE of Oregon, Respondent on Review, v. Victor Hugh Tumbaco CHAVEZ, Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided October 31, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric M. Cumfer, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review.

Robert B. Rocklin, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review. With him on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.

Jacqueline L. Koch, Koch & Deering, Portland, filed a brief for amicus curiae United Mexican States.

LEESON, J.

We allowed review in this criminal case to address whether the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR)1 grants to foreign nationals who have been arrested by state authorities a personal right to be told that they have the right to contact and communicate with their country's consul and, if so, whether suppression of evidence is the appropriate remedy for a violation of that right...

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