Dalton v. State

*610ON REMAND FROM THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT

PATTERSON, Judge.

We reversed and rendered Linda S. Dalton’s conviction for trafficking in cocaine and rendered a judgment for her, holding that the arresting officers exceeded the permissible limits of an investigatory stop permitted under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968), and that the cocaine seized should have been suppressed. The Alabama Supreme Court granted the state’s petition for writ of cer-tiorari and reversed this court’s judgment, holding that the officers did not exceed the permissible limits for a Terry stop.…