Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Dale Hart, United States of America v. Ruben Morales Robles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1976No. 74-3001, 74-3270PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*799TRASK, Circuit Judge:
Hart and Robles appeal their convictions for distributing cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The appellants, who were tried separately, sold cocaine to government agents pursuant to arrangements made by paid informants. Their only defense was entrapment.
The appeal presents two questions: (1) Did the district court err in denying the appellants’ respective motions to continue for failure of the government to produce the informant Murrieta, who was the key figure in the sale and upon whom the appellants depended to prove their entrapment defenses? (2) Did the…
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