Legal Opinion
United States v. Cheng Ah-Kai
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 6, 1991No. 105, Docket 91-1192PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellant, Cheng Ah-Kai, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on February 1, 1991 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Neve York (Nickerson, J.), after a plea of guilty to a charge of importing more than one kilogram of heroin into the United States, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a) and § 960(b)(1)(A). Prior to sentencing, the United States Attorney moved for downward departure from the sentence established in the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.” or “sentencing guidelines”) for Cheng’s “truthful, forthright…
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