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U.S. v. AMAECHI

No. 92-1737.

991 F.2d 374 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ihuoma R. AMAECHI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry M. Kinney, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), and Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

William T. Huyck (argued), Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and EVANS, Chief District Judge.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

On August 15, 1991, a suitcase arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York from Lagos, Nigeria, addressed to one Doreen Bennett at the Children's Home and Aid Society in Joliet, Illinois. According to trial testimony, a letter and waybill attached to the outside of the suitcase indicated that it contained traditional Nigerian clothing sent to Bennett as thanks for a gift of bibles to the Elder Okezie, Christ Devian Church in Aba, Nigeria...

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