Legal Opinion
United States v. Oscar Dovalina and John Doe, A/K/A Rodolfo Soliz
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1976No. 75--1043PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
Oscar Dovalina and Rodolfo Soliz were convicted of distributing twenty-four grams of cocaine to a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) undercover agent in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). 1 At their jury trial, Dovalina testified that he had received the cocaine in question from the same Government informer who had helped to arrange the sale. Defendants’ main contention on appeal is that under United States v. Bueno, 5 Cir., 1971, 447 F.2d 903, the Government’s failure to counter Dovalina’s testimony in this regard with testimony from the informer himself entitled…
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