In re Medellin

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision to deny further review of a foreign national's claim that the failure to notify the Mexican government of his arrest and trial for murdering two young girls invalidates his conviction and death sentence. In 2005, CJLF won a U.S. Supreme Court decision which rejected the murderer's request for federal court review of this claim. When the case was sent back to the Texas court, CJLF argued that the claim was reviewed and rejected in state court years ago and no further consideration is required. The Texas court rejected Medellin's claim on a different ground, and he has since asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case again. [CJLF brief in PDF.]