United States v. Oliver Webster

LAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) for knowingly and intentionally distributing heroin. The defendant raises two grounds of error: (1) the insufficiency of the evidence and (2) the failure of the government to disclose the whereabouts ox the informant. We affirm.

On August 15, 1972, Charles Bullock, a government informant, was strip-searched by narcotics officers and then given $40.00 in prerecorded government funds. Bullock was driven to an intersection in St. Louis and there let out of the car. Officers in two police cars kept…