U.S. v. Ruiz, No. 01 CR.864 (S.D.N.Y.) (246 F.Supp.2d 263) (November 27, 2002) (Judge Gerard E. Lynch)
Loaded on May 1, 2003
published in Punch and Jurists
May 19, 2003
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The defendant in this case was convicted by a jury of two counts of conspiring to import the controlled substance methylenedioxymethamphetamine (commonly known as ecstasy) in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963 and to distribute the same drug in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Defendant disputed the calculation …
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