U.S. v. SANTISTEBAN

No. 86-1799.

833 F.2d 513 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pedro Luis SANTISTEBAN and Argemiro Parra-Monsalve, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis E. Rojas, Hialeah, Fla., for Santisteban.

Joseph Montemayor, Dallas, Tex., (court appointed), for Parra-Monsalve.

Terence J. Hart, Asst. U.S. Atty., Marvin Collins, U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for U.S.

Before BROWN, POLITZ, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arose out of the convictions of Pedro Santisteban and Argemiro Parra-Monsalve (Parra) on drug conspiracy charges. We are asked to determine whether the district court erred in permitting a paid government informant to testify for the prosecution and whether the introduction of such testimony violated the due process rights of the defendants. We must also decide whether the district court abused its discretion, under F.R.Crim...

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