Legal Opinion
United States v. Abou-Saada
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 27, 1986No. Nos. 85-1101 to 85-1104PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
The government charged the four defendants in this case with being part of an international heroin importing conspiracy. The jury convicted them of conspiracy to possess (with intent to distribute) fifteen pounds of heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 846, and of a related “interstate commerce” charge, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b). All four (Assada Abou-Saada, Milad El-Debeib, Antonious Tan-nous and Yacoub Fayad) appeal raising various arguments. With one exception, we find these arguments legally inadequate; hence, we affirm the convictions of Abou-Saada, Tannous, and Fayad. We remand…
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