Ex Parte Maddox

The Court granted certiorari in this case in order to determine whether the evidence seized pursuant to a search of a farm where Richard Maddox, Vickie Callahan, and Gary Gillum resided should be suppressed because law enforcement officials allegedly violated their Fourth Amendment rights, and to determine whether Maddox's subsequent sentence violated his Eighth Amendment rights. We affirm in part, and remand with directions.

On December 2, 1982, Maddox was found guilty of trafficking in cannabis by a Coosa County jury and sentenced to a term of 15 years in the penitentiary. On November 18,…