Wilson

Defendant was convicted of the offense of conspiracy to transport marijuana, upon a plea of nolo contendere; was granted probation; and appeals, contending denial of his motion to suppress evidence was error requiring a reversal.

On August 3, 1967, defendant subscribed for the services provided by a telephone answering service; wanted to receive telephone messages through the answering service; did not want a telephone line for himself; but wanted one of the lines of the answering service used for this purpose. Under this system messages from persons to whom defendant gave the telephone number of the answering service assigned for this purpose were received by the answering service; were reduced to writing on a form identified as a “green slip”; and were conveyed to defendant in person when he came to the office of the answering service or over the telephone during a call initiated by him. Defendant, by choice, could not be reached by telephone. The answering service retained the green slips which noted the messages received, when they were received, and when .they were conveyed to the subscriber. Most of the messages received under the arrangement aforesaid came from…