Court Opinion

ID: 9414389
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 00:08:32.177807+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:15:49.142251
License: Public Domain

DENNIS, Circuit Judge,
specially concurring:
I concur, but I disagree with part of the majority opinion. Cardenas said that he would not have waived his Miranda rights, cooperated with the police interrogation, or given a confession had he been advised of his right to assistance by the Mexican consular officials. Consequently, I think that Cardenas made a showing that he was harmed by the state’s failure to advise him of his Vienna Convention right to consular assistance without delay. Accordingly, I disagree with the majority’s statement that it is not reasonably debatable whether Cardenas was prejudiced by the state’s dereliction.