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U.S. v. TORRES

No. 93-1606.

33 F.3d 130 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Zulma Jorge TORRES, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustavo A. Gelpi, Asst. Federal Public Defender, with whom Benicio Sanchez-Rivera, Federal Public Defender, was on brief, for appellant.

Jeanette Mercado-Rios, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jose A. Quiles-Espinosa, Sr. Litigation Counsel, was on brief, for U.S.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, and KEETON, District Judge.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

On December 19, 1992, Zulma Jorge-Torres arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on a flight from Barbados. Customs inspection revealed that her handbag contained a false bottom filled with heroin. This, together with the heroin concealed in her tennis shoes and a pen holder, was later found by laboratory analysis to amount to 1.5 kilograms of heroin with a purity strength of 97 per cent.

Jorge-Torres was charged with knowing possession with...

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