Ex Parte Presley

Earl Presley was convicted of trafficking in marijuana, in violation of Ala. Code 1975, § 20-2-80.1 He received a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and was ordered to pay a $25,000 fine. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Presley's conviction, Presley v. State, 587 So.2d 1016 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990), and this Court granted Presley's petition for the writ of certiorari to review the following issue: Whether the Court of Criminal Appeals' affirmance of Presley's conviction conflicts with this Court's opinion in Exparte Bohannon, 564 So.2d 854 (Ala. 1988), and the…