United States v. James Morgan Jackson

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

James Jackson appeals from a conviction for possession of heroin. We affirm.

Background

In June 1975, a confidential and untested informant told local police and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents that a person named “James” had telephoned the home of Archie Acklin concerning a pending narcotics purchase by the caller. The informant was Acklin’s mother-in-law, who was living with her daughter and Acklin. She gave the telephone number left with her by “James” to a DEA agent, who discovered that it was registered in Bessemer, Alabama to the step-father of James…