United States v. Sammie Jud Dixon, United States of America v. Adolph Greenleaf

Appellants Greenleaf and Dixon, along with codefendant Feazel, were tried and convicted by a jury for conspiring to dis tribute heroin, a violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1). This appeal followed.

Porter, a government informant, and appellant Greenleaf had known each other for about two years. The alleged conspiracy began when Greenleaf met with Porter at a beauty college where the latter was a student. Porter testified that at this meeting Greenleaf displayed a few balloons of heroin and asked him if he knew anyone who might purchase the narcotic. Porter responded that he could introduce Greenleaf to some out-of-town buyers.

Porter introduced Greenleaf to Agent Taitón of the Drug Enforcement Administration, who posed as the out-of-town narcotics purchaser. Following a series of negotiations, the parties met on a residential street in Los Angeles. Taitón and two other agents, Thornton and Smith, were to complete the purchase while a surveillance team waited nearby to make the arrest. The agents remained in their automobile as appellants Greenleaf and Dixon and codefendant Feazel approached. Dixon asked the agents for the money and through the car window handed Smith a…