United States v. William Henry Kenney, Jr.

William Henry Kenney, Jr. appeals from the judgment entered upon his conviction for distributing heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).

Kenney contends that he was denied a fair trial by (1) the government’s failure to call as a witness an informer who was present at the narcotics transaction and the district court’s refusal to give a missing witness instruction, and (2) certain comments and instructions made by the court.

John E. Price, an undercover agent with the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, testified that he purchased nine packets of heroin from Norman Richardson,…