People v. Warner

Defendant, charged with possession and attempted use of heroin, was arrested in a motel room as a result of a motel switchboard operator’s divulgence to police of the contents of an intentionally intercepted telephone conversation. Defendant was neither shown to be a party to that conversation, nor present when it took place, and the police did not know or have reason to know that the interception was illegal.

Defendant in this Court contends that, under Michigan and Federal law, testimony of the woman who intercepted the message as well as testimony of police officers as to what they saw and…