Marco Antonio Lopez-Hernandez v. United States

ELY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was charged with the violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174 in having fraudulently and knowingly imported a quantity of heroin into the United States from Mexico. He appeals from a judgment of conviction entered after trial to a jury in the District Court. We reverse.

Appellant alleges that the District Court committed prejudicial error in refusing to require the Government to reveal the identity of an informant. Additionally, appellant urges that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction.

On June 19, 1966, six United States Customs Agents and Arizona State…