UNITED STATES v. GAMBOA

No. 73-1597.

483 F.2d 427 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Roberto Able GAMBOA, Defendant and Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Haverstick (argued), San Diego, Cal., for defendant and appellant.

William A. Bower, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Harry D. Steward, U. S. Atty., Stephen G. Nelson, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff and appellee.

Before HASTIE, CHAMBERS and CHOY, Circuit Judges.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.

The judgment of conviction in this narcotics case is affirmed.

The main issue on the appeal is whether the court erred in denying a motion to reveal the identity of an informer.

Gamboa was stopped at the San Ysidro, California, border check station on September 2, 1972, as he entered from Mexico. The automobile was not Gamboa's and it had no registration paper. But it did have a lot of seconal secreted in the panels of the...

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