Luttrell v. State

McMillan, judge.

The appellant was convicted of violating the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, specifically for possessing Dilaudid. He was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment and was fined $100,000. Although the appellant has raised three issues on appeal, because one of them requires a reversal, the remaining two issues will not be discussed.

Investigator William F. Batson, of the Alabama Bureau of Investigation Narcotics Division, testified that he received information that the appellant had been involved in fraudulent prescriptions, in that he was either writing the prescriptions…