Rivers v. State

The appellant was indicted for the unlawful sale of cocaine to Richard White. After a jury trial he was found guilty, fined $22,500.00, and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.

On June 8, 1978, Deputies Jimmy Wyatt and Richard White of the Narcotics Division of the Mobile County Sheriff's Department, along with an informant named "Don" and Don's wife, were parked in a van outside a residence on Bellingrath Road in Mobile County. At approximately 8:30 P.M., the informant went inside the residence and, a short time later, returned to the van and gave Deputy White a package containing a…