Legal Opinion

United States v. Tunji Akinrinade

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 21, 1995No. 94-1385PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STIEHL, District Judge.

Tunji AMnrinade was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute mixtures containing heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The defendant challenges his conviction and sentence. We affirm on all grounds.

I. BACKGROUND

Tunji AMnrinade was a key player in a heroin trafficMng organization responsible for smuggling large amounts of heroin from Lagos, Nigeria to Chicago, Illinois from at least 1990 through 1991. The organization was headed by AMnrinade’s co-defendants, Taiwo and Kehinde Oshodi, Nigerian twin brothers. (“Taiwo” and' “Kehinde”). The…

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