Ex Parte Story

The appellant was convicted of possessing methaqualone in violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, §20-2-70, Code of Alabama 1975. She was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed, Story v. State, 435 So.2d 1360 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982), an application for rehearing was denied, and we granted certiorari.

The appellant was the only other passenger in an automobile owned and operated by Michael Walls when the car was stopped during the early morning hours of August 2, 1980, by police, who had observed Walls driving erratically. After…