Legal Opinion
United States v. Noel Spears
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 23, 1982No. 81-1607PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 drug dealers from Ohio. Spears agreed to sell heroin to them and discussed the possibility of buying cocaine from them. Spears sold heroin to the…
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