Legal Opinion
Franklin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 30, 1992No. CR-91-1186PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The appellant, Donald Dean Franklin, was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of cocaine, a violation of §13A-12-212, Code of Alabama 1975. He was found not guilty on one count, but was convicted and was sentenced to 10 years in prison on the other.
The state's evidence tended to show that on May 10, 1991, Investigator Jim Cook of the Huntsville Police Department received information from a confidential informant that the appellant would be transporting two kilograms of cocaine from Nashville, Tennessee, to his farm in Madison County, Alabama. Investigator Cook and Madison County…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Whitlow v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987
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3Cited by13 opinions
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