United States v. Jairo Enrique Rada-Solano

In this case involving a two-count conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and importation, 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 841(a)(1), 952(a), defendant challenges first, the admission for impeachment purposes of illegally obtained statements; second, a jury instruction on deliberate ignorance; and third, the sufficiency of the evidence. Concluding these contentions lack merit, we affirm.

Defendant arrived at the Miami International Airport on a flight from Calle, Colombia, South America. A customs inspector noticed that the sides of one of defendant’s two suitcases, which contained…