McCoy Gilmore v. United States

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a conviction and subsequent sentence as a Boggs Act, 26 U.S. C.A. § 2557(b), multiple offender for unlawful sale of narcotics, 21 U.S.C.A. § 174, presents as the only substantial question the refusal of the Trial Court to require a Narcotics Agent to disclose the name of a non-paid informer, more euphemistically referred to as a “special employee.”

The case was made by the prosecution entirely on the testimony of Agent Morris who made the alleged purchase. Defendant offered no testimony at all. There was ample evidence to sustain the jury verdict…