Legal Opinion
United States v. Bolanle Lawal
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 26, 1984No. 1003, Docket 83-1405PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILTON POLLACK, District Judge:
Appellant Bolanle Lawal was convicted in the Eastern District of New York, after a jury trial before Judge Thomas C. Platt, on both counts of a two-count indictment charging, respectively, importation of heroin into the United States, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952, and possession of heroin with intent to distribute it, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of seven years imprisonment on each count, followed by a lifetime special parole term, and fined $5,000.
Lawal’s defense was that he did not know that the substance he was…
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