United States v. Lucky Irorere

FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Defendant Lucky Irorere appeals his conviction of conspiring to import heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a), 21 U.S.C. § 963, and 18 U.S.C. § 2, as well as his conviction of importing heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. The defendant argues that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient for a jury to convict him of conspiring to import heroin and importing heroin and that the district court erred in refusing to explicitly instruct the jury that the defendant had to have knowledge of the foreign origins of the heroin in order to be…