Opinion ID: 783101
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Vienna Convention on Consular Relations

Text: 15 Finally, we examine Gonzales's assertion that the government violated his rights under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, Apr. 24, 1963, 21 U.S.T. 77. Gonzales contends that the government wrongly deprived him and the United Mexican States of their notification rights under Article 36 of the Treaty. We are bound by our earlier decision in United States v. Guzman-Landeros, 207 F.3d 1034, 1035 (8th Cir.2000), which determined that a failure to advise a criminal defendant of the right to consular contact did not constitute a jurisdictional defect; therefore, a knowing and voluntary guilty plea forecloses any claimed error based on a violation of the Vienna Convention. Accordingly, Gonzales is entitled to no relief on his Vienna Convention claim.