Ex Parte Presley

587 So.2d 1022 (1991)

Ex parte Earl PRESLEY.

(Re Earl Presley v. State).

1900485.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 19, 1991.

Paul M. Harden and Anthony J. Bishop, Evergreen, and Hugh Rozelle, Atmore, for petitioner.

James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., and Joseph G. L. Marston III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

ALMON, Justice.

Earl Presley was convicted of trafficking in marijuana, in violation of Ala.Code 1975, § 20-2-80.[1] He received a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and was ordered to pay a $25,000 fine. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Presley's conviction, Presley…