United States v. Raymond Lee Higgins

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, defendant Raymond Lee Higgins argues that the district court improperly denied his request for in camera disclosure of a confidential government informant. Finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant’s request, we affirm.

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BACKGROUND & PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

In January of 1992, Detective Captain Rick Frazee of the Fairfield, Maine, Police Department learned from a confidential informant that defendant, a parolee from a federal drug trafficking conviction, was regularly supplying Daryl Coskery, another known drug dealer, with…