UNITED STATES v. LANE

No. 81-1547.

693 F.2d 385 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Earl LANE and Diane Willis, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank D. McCown, Fort Worth, Tex., for Lane.

Robert T. Stites and James W. Collier, Fort Worth, Tex. (Court-Appointed), for Willis.

John W. Sweeney, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, JOHNSON and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Defendants, Diane Willis and James Earl Lane, were each convicted on two counts of distribution of heroin. Defendants' convictions resulted from an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) operation in which a paid DEA informant arranged to purchase heroin from the defendants in a bar in Fort Worth, Texas. Defendants raise several grounds of error on appeal, including an allegation that their...

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