Small v. State

The appellant was indicted for possession of marihuana, after having been previously convicted of the same offense, also in Alabama. The jury found the appellant guilty as charged in the indictment, and the trial court set sentence at nine years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

About 6:15 p.m. on November 28, 1975, Officer Robert Sorrells of the Dothan Police Department (Narcotics Division) received a phone call from a confidential informant, who related to him that appellant was "selling marihuana at The Difference Lounge on 231 South." The informant, who had supplied reliable information in…