Ex Parte Tucker

Jessie Lee Tucker was convicted by a Baldwin County jury of violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Code 1975, § 20-2-1, et seq., for the sale of marijuana. The conviction was affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals, 474 So.2d 131. This Court granted Tucker's petition for writ of certiorari. Tucker raises three evidentiary issues for our review.

Tucker allegedly sold some marijuana on July 6, 1982, to Lance Monley, a Baldwin County Deputy Sheriff working undercover at that time. Tucker contends that he did not sell any marijuana to Monley and that the first time he saw…