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U.S. v. MOORE

Nos. 06-1355, 06-3347, 06-4308.

521 F.3d 681 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Folashade MOORE, Taofiq Afonja, and Michael Sanders, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 27, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart D. Fullerton, Debra Riggs Bonamici (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Timothy R. Roellig, Novelle & Roellig, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant, Folashade Moore.

Gregory T. Mitchell (argued), Homewood, IL, for Defendant-Appellant, Taofiq Afonja.

Shaundra L. Kellam, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, Richard H. Parsons, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, Michael R. Sanders, Federal Correctional Institution, Big Spring, TX, for Defendant-Appellant, Michael R. Sanders.

Folashade Moore, Danbury, CT, pro se.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and MANION and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Michael Sanders arrived in the United States from Nigeria with 3.6 kilograms of heroin in his luggage., When caught, he claimed to be a courier with no interest in the drugs apart from a $3,000 fee for his services; he agreed to participate in a controlled delivery to the next people in the chain, who were to collect the heroin at a bus station in Chicago. Several conversations in Yoruba with "Baba," Sanders's contact, preceded his arrival...

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