United States v. Houshang Sheikh

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• applying both border-crossing and regularity requirements to search of international mail
• no reversal where 4.4 pounds heroin alleged in indictment and 14 grams claimed to have been proved
• protective sweep of motel room where “officers did not know whether [the suspect] was going to meet' someone inside the ... room.”
• evidence was insufficient to prove a conspiracy where 4.4 pounds of heroin were shipped to the defendant from Iran and there was significant evidence of potential conspirators
• no reversal where 4.4 pounds heroin alleged in indictment and 14 grams claimed to have been proved
• evidence was insufficient to prove a conspiracy where 4.4 pounds of heroin were shipped to the defendant from Iran and there was significant evidence of potential conspirators

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