STATE v. BUENAVENTURA

No. 02-0429.

660 N.W.2d 38 (2003)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. John Cyril Lapid BUENAVENTURA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and David Arthur Adams, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Mary E. Tabor, Assistant Attorney General, Denver D. Dillard, County Attorney, and Russell G. Keast, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


TERNUS, Justice.

Appellant, John Buenaventura, a Philippine citizen, was not advised of his right to contact his consulate prior to the police questioning him regarding the beating death of his sister-in-law. In his later prosecution for first-degree murder, the trial court overruled Buenaventura's motion to suppress statements he made during the police interrogation, rejecting a claim that Buenaventura's rights under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular...

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