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Sotomayor Finds Her Voice Among the Justices

The defendant, Bongani C. Calhoun, testified that he had not known his companions had planned to buy drugs. The prosecutor, Sam L. Ponder, responded with a skeptical inquiry.

“You’ve got African-Americans, you’ve got Hispanics, you’ve got a bag full of money,” he said. “Doesn’t that tell you — a light bulb doesn’t go off in your head and say, ‘This is a drug deal?’ ”