U.S. v. Cordoba-Hincapie, No. CR 92-650 (E.D.N.Y.) (825 F.Supp. 485) (July 7, 1993) (Judge Jack B. Weinstein)
In this case Judge Weinstein addressed the mens rea issues involved in the sentencing of two drug mules who were caught bringing drugs into the country. The drugs had been ingested by swallowing balloons filled with a substance which they thought was cocaine but which turned out to be heroin …
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