Legal Opinion
United States v. Oliyinka Sobamowo
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 19, 1989No. 87-3056, 87-3057, 87-3061 and 87-3062PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Defendants were convicted of conspiracy and related substantive offenses stemming from their involvement in heroin trafficking. The central actor in the case was defendant Eddie Adair, who in 1986 bought heroin in quantity from Nigerian suppliers, including defendants Oliyinka Sobamowo and Francis Sheen. Adair sold the heroin to street-level distributors, including defendant Victoria Toomer. All four defendants, along with two codefendants not appellants here, were convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin and to possess heroin with intent to distribute…
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