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UNITED STATES v. HEARD

Crim. No. 77-176.

439 F.Supp. 172 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America v. Norman Francis HEARD.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 27, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Weis, Asst. Public Defender, Philadelphia, Pa., for Norman Heard.

Wallis Wetlesen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for United States.

OPINION

DITTER, District Judge.

Norman Francis Heard was convicted of distributing heroin. His co-defendant, Clarence Ford, was convicted of aiding and abetting Heard's distribution of heroin, and both men were convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin. Heard advances two arguments in support of a motion for a new trial: first, the testimony of the principal witness against him, an undercover agent, should have been stricken because the agent did not...

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