Forte v. State

BASCHAB, Judge.

The appellant, Charlie Frank Forte, was convicted of resisting arrest, a violation of § 13A-10-41, Ala.Code 1975, and unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a vio*927lation of § 13A-12-212, Ala.Code 1975. The trial court sentenced him to concurrent sentences of one year in prison for the resisting arrest conviction and two years in prison for the unlawful possession conviction. The appellant filed a motion for a new trial, which the trial court denied. This appeal follows.1

On December 1, 1997, officers with the Barbour County Drug Task Force saw the appellant in a car…