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U.S. v. SOBAMOWO

Nos. 87-3056, 87-3057, 87-3061 and 87-3062.

892 F.2d 90 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America v. Oliyinka SOBAMOWO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferris R. Bond, Reston, Va. (appointed by this Court), and Jane C. Norman, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellant, Francis Sheen in No. 87-3057.

Thomas Lumbard, Washington, D.C. (appointed by this Court), was on the brief for appellant, Victoria Toomer in No. 87-3062.

Per A. Ramfjord, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher and William J. O'Malley, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

David P. Nicoli, with whom Geoffrey F. Aronow, Washington, D.C. (appointed by this Court), was on the brief, for appellant, Eddie Adair in No. 87-3061.

William A. Schwennesen, with whom George Ruttinger (appointed by this Court), Richard L. Beizer and J. Michael Klise, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant, Oliyinka Sobamowo in No. 87-3056.

Before RUTH B. GINSBURG and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges, and FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Defendants were convicted of conspiracy and related substantive offenses stemming from their involvement in heroin trafficking. The central actor in the case was defendant Eddie Adair, who in 1986 bought heroin in quantity from Nigerian suppliers, including defendants Oliyinka Sobamowo and Francis Sheen. Adair sold the heroin to street-level distributors, including defendant Victoria Toomer. All four defendants, along with two codefendants...

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