UNITED STATES v. ALDERETE

No. 78-2047.

614 F.2d 726 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Danny ALDERETE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. E. Thompson, U. S. Atty., Stanley K. Kotovsky, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Albuquerque, N. M., for plaintiff-appellee.

R. Raymond Twohig, Jr., Asst. Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, N. M., for defendant-appellant.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and McWILLIAMS and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Danny Alderete was convicted by a jury of possession with intent to distribute heroin and distribution of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). At trial, a paid informant of the Albuquerque Police Department, Walso Jackson, testified concerning two heroin buys he made from Alderete. Tape recordings of these transactions were played to the jury over the objection of defense counsel.

The four issues raised on appeal are...

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