United States v. Howard Tucker

PELL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Howard Tucker was indicted for knowingly and intentionally distributing heroin on October 4,1974, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and was convicted in a bench trial in the district court. His post-trial motion for acquittal was denied and he was placed on probation for a period of five years. Tucker’s appeal attacks the judgment of conviction and the “sentence” imposed 1 as well as the denial of his post-trial motion. At issue are the applicability, extent, and consequences of a constitutional right of a criminal defendant to disclosure of the identity of…