United States v. Allen K. Smith

OPINION

Before WALLACE and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and FERGUSON, * District Judge. WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Smith was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. He appeals, raising three questions. First he claims that the district court erred in recessing for the day in the middle of his cross-examination of the government’s informant. He next characterizes the government’s conduct during the investigation of the case as so outrageous as to violate his due process rights. Finally, he contends that the…