State v. Keleher

Retired: This is an appeal from convictions on five drug counts. The principal issue is whether the trial court erred in not suppressing certain evidence on the ground it was obtained in violation of federal regulations applicable to methadone treatment programs administered by the erstwhile Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.

In January, 1977, Randy Peak and his wife Jana agreed with a vice officer, Detective Paul Bierhaus of the Sedgwick County sheriff’s department, to become informants for the purpose of making controlled buys of drugs. Apparently the Peaks were acting voluntarily…