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Bush Advice Unwelcome in Texas
After the Avena ruling by the ICJ, President Bush suggested that the state courts in the United States respect the decision that reinforced the 1963 Vienna treaty requirement for consular notification of the arrest of foreign nationals. On November 15, 2006, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas rejected his admonition in the matter Ex Parte Jos. Ernesto Medellin, docket number AP-75,207. -- Clemens Kochinke, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington.
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