United States v. Franklin Truesdale

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, tried before a judge sitting without jury, was found to have,violated 21 U.S.C. §§ 173, 174 by selling 23.2 grams of heroin to a narcotics agent. He seeks a reversal of his conviction on two grounds, first that he did not receive a fair trial because of alleged governmental prejudicial misconduct in failing to produce a “special employee,” and second that the trial judge required him to surrender his privilege against self-incrimination in order to provide a basis for requesting that the employee be produced. We affirm the conviction.

The government case may…