United States v. Kulvinder Jaswal, Yousef Rouhani and Mohammad Shahnavazy

This is an appeal by two co-defendants from final judgments of conviction. Defendant Yousef Rouhani was found guilty of importation of heroin and opium from Pakistan into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952 and § 960 and possession with intent to distribute heroin and opium in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. Defendant Mohammad Shahnavazy was found guilty of possession with intent to distribute heroin and opium in violation of § 841.

Rouhani and Shahnavazy raise the following issues on appeal: (1) whether the post-arrest statements made by defendants were illegally obtained by law…