Highsmith v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The indictment charged the appellant with possession of a pistol, after a prior conviction in Baldwin County, Alabama, of grand larceny, a crime of violence. The jury found the appellant guilty as charged, and the trial court set sentence at three years in prison.

State Trooper James S. Fant testified that on November 2, 1974, he stopped Curtis Highsmith, the appellant, about 1:00 p. m. as he was driving a 1974 Dodge pickup truck. He stated the appellant was driving at approximately 83 m.p.h., and that he was detected through a radar screen driving on Interstate 10 about a mile…