UNITED STATES v. CARLOS

Nos. 72-2652, 72-2653 and 72-3071.

478 F.2d 377 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry CARLOS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Steven BAKER, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry CARLOS and Charles Steven Baker, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Benedict Zderic (argued), Tacoma, Wash., for appellant Carlos.

Ronald J. Meltzer (argued), Seattle, Wash., for appellant Baker.

Michael R. Alfieri (argued), Moschetto & Alfieri, Seattle, Wash., J. Benedict Zderic, Tacoma, Wash., for appellants Baker and Carlos.

Irwin Schwartz, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Stan Pitkin, U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HUFSTEDLER and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and HARRIS, District Judge.


CHOY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from criminal convictions, after a jury trial, for distributing narcotics. Baker and Carlos both contend that they were denied a fair trial because of prejudicial comments made by the district court.1 We affirm.

The charges against Baker and Carlos stemmed from two separate undercover investigations by federal agents. Two agents testified at trial that they purchased heroin and cocaine from...

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