United States v. Ramiro Ruben Ramirez and Evangelina Lopez Hernandez

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

Ramiro Ruben Ramirez and Evangelina Lopez Hernandez, brother and sister of the half-blood, appeal their conviction for dealing in heroin contrary to 21 U.S.C. § 174. We affirm the conviction of Ramirez and reverse as to defendant Hernandez.

In June of 1969, Billy Ray Bessent, working as an undercover agent for the narcotics section of the Texas Department of Public Safety, began a relationship with David Rowland, a known narcotics dealer and addict. Rowland introduced agent Bessent to several suppliers of narcotics over the State of Texas and in particular to an…