United States v. Sheldon R. Teller and John D. Sullivan

Defendants, Chicago police officers, 2 have appealed from their jury convictions, of selling and transporting narcotics in violation, respectively, of 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a) 3 and 21 U.S.C. § 174. 4 Teller individually appeals from his conviction of three similar offenses under 21 U.S.C. §§ 174 and 176a. 5 We affirm.

At 6:00 p.m. on July 14, 1966, Samuel Washington, a government informant telephoned defendant Teller with narcotics agent Jackson listening on an extension phone. Later that evening narcotics agents searched Washington and equipped him with a Kel-set transmitter. Agent Jackson then…