United States v. Darrel Paterson Simpson, Robert MacRiner Anderson, and James Roy Freeman

NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

In 1983 the FBI employed Helen Miller as an informant in an investigation of defendant Darrel Simpson, then a suspected heroin dealer. At that time, Miller was known by the FBI to be a prostitute, a heroin user, and a fugitive from Canadian drug charges. Posing as stranded travelers at the Los Angeles International Airport, Miller and a fellow informant, Karen Eccles, enticed Simpson into giving them a ride into town. They ended up at Simpson’s apartment where they partied with Simpson and a friend, Tom Marino. Shortly thereafter Miller and Simpson became sexually…