UNITED STATES v. SPEARS

No. 81-1607.

671 F.2d 991 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Noel SPEARS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1982.

Opinion February 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Sikes, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Robert B. Breisblatt, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dan K. Webb, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, BAUER and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Noel Spears was convicted, after a bench trial, of three counts of distributing heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).

The trial lasted two days, January 21 and 22, 1981. The prosecution presented four witnesses, two undercover agents to whom Spears sold the heroin, and two agents who performed surveillance. Their testimony was that an informant led the undercover agents to Spears, introducing them as...

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