Legal Opinion
United States v. Ekhator
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 25, 1994No. CR-92-343PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GLASSER, District Judge:
The defendant arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport on February 9,1992 on a flight which originated in Lagos, Nigeria. She was carrying in her pocketbook slightly less than a kilogram of heroin which was 73% pure, together with $3,000 in U.S. currency. She was indicted and subsequently pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement to a lesser included charge of knowingly and intentionally importing heroin into the United States, namely, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) and 960(b)(3), which provided for a term of imprisonment of twenty years with no mandatory minimum.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- United States v. Rogelio Lara, Carlos Morales, Francisco Delgado, Carlos MoralesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Walter BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Robert Donald RussellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Richard Alan Brady, Frank Pontillo, Also Known as Franky Steel, Robert Montano, Michael Dematteo and John PateCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- United States v. NaugleDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1995
- United States v. DeRiggiDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1995
- United States v. EkwunohDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1995
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