June 13, 2007 11:05 pm

International treaty used in motion to dismiss molestation case

By Daniel Silliman

dsilliman@news-daily.com



Even the defense attorney admitted it was a long shot.

Citing an international treaty, Stephen Mackie argued charges of aggravated child molestation, aggravated battery and cruelty to children should be dismissed because police didn’t tell the accused man he could seek advice from the Mexican consulate.

According to the Vienna Convention, signed in 1963, “foreign nationalsâ€