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UNITED STATES v. CARDENAS

No. 72-CR-1323.

361 F.Supp. 759 (1973)

The UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, v. Sonia CARDENAS, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

July 31, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Morse, U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., for the Government by George G. Bashian, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Martin L. Schmukler, New York City, for defendant.

ZAVATT, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM

After a trial to a jury, the defendant was found guilty on January 11, 1973 of all three counts of the indictment which charged her (a passenger aboard Avianca Flight 54 from Colombia, South America) with having unlawfully possessed and brought into the United States, on December 6, 1972, 419 grams of 57% pure cocaine. An expert witness testified that when cut three times, this cocaine would have a street value of $163...

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