United States v. James Earl Lane and Diane Willis

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Defendants, Diane Willis and James Earl Lane, were each convicted on two counts of distribution of heroin. Defendants’ convictions resulted from an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) operation in which a paid DEA informant arranged to purchase heroin from the defendants in a bar in Fort Worth, Texas. Defendants raise several grounds of error on appeal, including an allegation that their convictions should be reversed since the Government informant was paid pursuant to a contingent fee agreement. This Court, concluding that none of the defendants’ grounds…