UNITED STATES v. GARCIA

No. 75-2929.

531 F.2d 1303 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rafael C. GARCIA, a/k/a "El Moto," Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nago L. Alaniz, San Diego, Tex., Michael Anthony Maness, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Edward B. McDonough, Jr., U.S. Atty., James R. Gough, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, RONEY, and JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judges.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

We are called upon in this case to decide whether the defendant's Sixth Amendment right of confrontation was violated by the trial court's limitation of cross-examination of government witnesses as to the activities of a confidential informer, where the informer was a participant in the criminal transaction charged and a witness at trial, and whether the trial court erred in refusing to submit defendant's requested jury charges on the...

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