U.S. v. AKINRINADE

No. 94-1385.

61 F.3d 1279 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tunji AKINRINADE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Shaver, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Crim. Div., Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Frederick F. Cohn (argued), Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and STIEHL, District Judge.


STIEHL, District Judge.

Tunji Akinrinade was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute mixtures containing heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The defendant challenges his conviction and sentence. We affirm on all grounds.

I. BACKGROUND

Tunji Akinrinade was a key player in a heroin trafficking organization responsible for smuggling large amounts of heroin from Lagos, Nigeria to Chicago, Illinois from at least...

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