United States v. Hernandez

ELY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, along with two other individuals, were convicted by a jury on charges of having engaged in a heroin distribution scheme.1 Appellants now raise several issues which they contend compel reversal of their convictions and a new trial. The issues are: (1) whether appellants were entitled to pre-trial disclosure of the address of a government informant, and whether, upon ascertaining that address at trial, the appellants were entitled to a continuance in order to conduct an investigation into the background of the informant, (2) whether the exclusion of the public…