BENVENUTO v. STATE

No. 20060197.

165 P.3d 1195 (2007)

2007 UT 53

Jorge Martin BENVENUTO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STATE of Utah, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant W.P. Morrison, William Patrick Morrison, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Mark L. Shurtleff, Att'y Gen., Thomas B. Brunker, Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendant.


DURRANT, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 This case is before us on appeal from the district court's order denying Jorge Martin Benvenuto's petition for post-conviction relief. Benvenuto argues that the State of Utah violated his rights as a foreign national under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ("Vienna Convention") when law enforcement authorities failed to notify him of his right to consular notification...

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