UNITED STATES v. ARTEAGA

No. 85-2722.

807 F.2d 424 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dario ARTEAGA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome K. Wade, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

James R. Gough, Asst. U.S. Atty., Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The defendant appeals his conviction for narcotics trafficking, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 846 (1982), on the ground that the government entrapped him and violated due process by using a lawyer who had represented him in the past as an informant. Finding sufficient evidence to support the jury's rejection of the entrapment defense and no due process violation, we affirm.

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An erstwhile cocaine addict...

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