United States v. Maria Enriqueta Cirila Trinidad De Jongh

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

A Caribbean cruise having brought her to an undesired destination — a federal penitentiary — defendant-appellant Maria En-riqueta Cirila Trinidad De Jongh appeals her conviction on three counts of aiding and abetting violations of the drug-trafficking laws. 1 Finding her arguments to be unavailing, we affirm the judgment below.

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Background

Appellant’s assignments of error do not require that we treat the facts of her case in exegetic fashion. To give the flavor of what transpired, we summarize the critical events in traditional post-conviction fashion, taking the evidence…