United States v. Aida Gonzales-Benitez, United States of America v. Ambrosio Hernandez-Coronel

OPINION

Before SNEED and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and CONTI, * District Judge. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

Aida Gonzales-Benitez and Ambrosio Hernandez-Coronel were convicted for importing and distributing heroin in violation of 21 Ü.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960(a)(1), 841(a)(1). On appeal they argue that the trial court gave incorrect jury instructions on the defense of entrapment and that the court erred in various other respects. We consider these contentions below, after stating the facts. 1

Ana Maria Gutierrez, a paid informer who had worked on prior occasions with the Drug Enforcement Administration,…