United States v. Leroy Eddings

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of two counts of possession and transportation of non-tax-paid whiskey, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5604(a)(1). On appeal, he contends that he was entrapped as a matter of law; that he was denied the opportunity to present an effective defense by the failure of the Govern ment to disclose to him, both before and during trial, the name of an informer who allegedly sold him the whiskey; and that the court erred in its charge to the jury and in its refusal of his proffered special instructions.

The Government’s first witness at trial was…