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U.S. v. POKUAA

No. 91 CR 967.

782 F.Supp. 747 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America v. Lucy POKUAA, Defendant.

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

January 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty. by Jason Brown, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y., for U.S.

The Legal Aid Society by Dianne T. Renwick, Brooklyn, N.Y., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, District Judge:

Defendant Lucy Pokuaa pled guilty to importing heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a). She had been arrested when she disembarked at John F. Kennedy Airport. There it was discovered that she had swallowed balloons containing about 92 grams of heroin prior to boarding the plane in Nigeria. She was in custody for six weeks before the court authorized her release pending sentencing.

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