Victor Salgado Salgado v. United States

ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury and sentenced on a five-count indictment, under 26 U.S.C. §§ 4742(a), 7237(b) and 7701(c), charging him with the illegal transfer of marihuana. He appeals, urging a number of errors occurring in the course of trial. Only three deserve our consideration.

During his opening to the jury counsel for defendant stated that he would introduce evidence to show that the principal prosecution witness, a government undercover agent, had made a homosexual attempt upon the defendant, and had had homosexual relations with certain other persons.1…