U.S. v. OSMANI

No. 92-3777.

20 F.3d 266 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mohammad OSMANI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Huestis, Crim. Div. (argued) and Barry R. Elden, Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Asst. U.S. Attys., Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ronald J. Clark, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and MANION, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

A jury found defendant Mohammad Osmani guilty of possessing heroin with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and importing heroin into the United States, 21 U.S.C. § 952(a). Defendant appeals on the ground that inconsistent jury instructions were given regarding defendant's knowledge of the exact nature of the controlled substance he carried in his suitcases. Defendant also asserts that the district court punished him for...

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