UNITED STATES v. BENTHIEM

No. 7798.

456 F.2d 165 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Roberto Power BENTHIEM, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Torres Ortiz, Caparra Heights, P. R., by appointment of the Court, for appellant.

Jorge Rios Torres, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Julio Morales Sanchez, U. S. Atty., was on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, Mc-ENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In 1967 defendant was tried on a three count indictment charging him with purchasing, concealing, and selling heroin.1 He waived trial by jury and was found guilty by the district court on all three counts. This is a direct appeal from these convictions pursuant to our judgment of November 25, 1970, restoring defendant's right to appeal.

At trial the first and principal prosecution witness was Special Agent Amador Fortier...

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