TOMALA v. U.S.

No. 91-7051.

504 U.S. 932 (1992)

FEIJOO TOMALA v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 18, 1992.


Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE WHITE, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS joins, dissenting.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in instructing a jury that petitioner could be convicted for importing illegal drugs if she consciously avoided knowledge that drugs were concealed in a suitcase she was carrying.

Petitioner, who had just arrived from Ecuador with her two young daughters, was arrested at Kennedy International Airport when a Customs inspector...

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