U.S. v. LIRANZO

No. 89 Cr. 878 (LLS).

729 F.Supp. 1012 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America v. Josefina Melendez LIRANZO, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

February 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Ray and Cathy Seibel, Asst. U.S. Attys., S.D.N.Y., New York City, for plaintiff.

Lawrence A. Vogelman, Professor of Clinical Educ., Mark A. Berman, Legal Asst., Office of Clinical Educ., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York City, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

STANTON, District Judge.

Defendant Josefina Melendez Liranzo was arrested in the Port Authority bus terminal in possession of approximately a kilogram of cocaine. The bus terminal is within 1,000 feet of the Holy Cross School, a private elementary school. She was charged with possessing cocaine with intent to distribute it, within 1,000 feet of a school, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 845a(a) (the "schoolyard" statute). The evidence makes clear...

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