Michael Henley and Annette Henley v. United States

Appellants Michael and Annette Henley were convicted by a jury of narcotics violations [26 U.S.C. §§ 4704(a) and 4705(a)]. On appeal they complain, first, of the admission of evidence obtained as a result of eavesdropping. At the trial an informer named Turner testified as to a telephone transaction between Michael Henley and himself and was corroborated by a federal narcotics agent who, with the informer’s permission, overheard the transaction by means of an extension phone. The argument that eavesdropping over an extension phone in this manner is forbidden by Katz v. U. S., 1967, 389 U.S.…