Maddox v. State

The appellant, William Maddox, appeals his February 11, 1992, conviction for the unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (cocaine), § 13A-12-211, Code of Alabama 1975, and his sentence of 25 years' imprisonment as an habitual offender. He raises two issues for our review.

At trial the state's evidence tended to show the following facts. On May 24, 1991, Clinton Stanton, an agent with the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, enforcement division, was working on an undercover drug assignment in Auburn, Alabama. That evening, he drove from his apartment to the area in which the…