LaBarber v. State

The Autauga County Grand Jury, during its Fall, 1981, Term, indicted appellant, Joseph Roy LaBarber, alias, Joseph Lee Collins, for illegal possession of marijuana, valium and quaaludes. On April 21, 1983, he was found guilty as charged in the indictment and was sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment as a habitual felony offender.

From April 8, 1980, through May 2, 1980, appellant occupied room 246 at the Ramada Inn in Prattville, Alabama. On May 2, 1980, on the basis of information supplied by a confidential informant, a search warrant was issued authorizing a search of appellant's motel…