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UNITED STATES v. TAPIA

No. 83-1389.

738 F.2d 18 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Marcelo P. TAPIA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1984.

Certiorari Denied October 1, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Troy, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, with whom Sherburne, Powers & Needham, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Tobin N. Harvey, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied October 1, 1984. See 105 S.Ct. 217.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Marcelo Tapia and his father Alejandro were convicted of possessing and distributing cocaine and of a related conspiracy. 18 U.S.C. § 2; 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. The evidence at trial showed that an informer, Eugene Winson, approached federal drug agents and offered to cooperate with them in return for their help in securing leniency for him on state criminal charges...

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