United States v. Darrel Paterson Simpson, Robert MacRiner Anderson, and James Roy Freeman

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1987-04-03

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NORRIS, Circuit Judge: In 1983 the FBI employed Helen Miller as an informant in an investigation of defendant Darrel Simpson, then a suspected heroin dealer. At that time, Miller was known by the FBI to be a prostitute, a heroin user, and a fugitive from Canadian drug charges. Posing as stranded travelers at the Los Angeles International Airport, Miller and a fellow informant, K…

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