LOPEZ-HERNANDEZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 21750.

394 F.2d 820 (1968)

Marco Antonio LOPEZ-HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry E. Berg, San Jose, Cal., for appellant.

Edward E. Davis, U. S. Atty., Jo Ann D. Diamos, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY and ELY, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, District Judge.


ELY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was charged with the violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174 in having fraudulently and knowingly imported a quantity of heroin into the United States from Mexico. He appeals from a judgment of conviction entered after trial to a jury in the District Court. We reverse.

Appellant alleges that the District Court committed prejudicial error in refusing to require the Government to reveal the identity of an informant. Additionally, appellant...

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