Legal Opinion
United States v. Jorge Andres Verduzco
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 29, 2004No. 03-50044PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a defendant who drove a marijuana-laden sports utility vehicle into the United States from Mexico was validly convicted of illegal drug importation, notwithstanding a vigorous defense of duress.
I
On the morning of March 22, 2002, Jorge Andres Verduzco drove a Ford Explorer packed with 52.20 kilograms of marijuana from Mexico into the United States. Verduzco made it no further than the San Ysidro, California Port of Entry, where he immediately aroused the suspicions of border inspectors and their drug detector dog. Thirty-six packages of…
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