Luster v. State

Bobby Joe Luster was charged by indictment with unlawfully and knowingly possessing in excess of one kilo or 2.2 pounds of marijuana, contrary to § 20-2-80, Code of Alabama.

The jury found the appellant "guilty of trafficking in cannabis as charged" and the trial court set sentence at three years' imprisonment and assessed a fine of $25,000.

The appellant's motion for new trial was duly overruled.

Prior to trial, a suppression hearing was conducted at which Sheriff Sidney Thrash of Elmore County, testified that on the 14th day of October, 1981, pursuant to a search warrant and accompanied by two…