Pyles v. State

GARDNER F. GOODWYN, Jr., Retired Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Tommy Edward Pyles, was indicted by a Pike County Grand Jury at its January 1982, term, charging that he “did knowingly sell, manufacture, deliver, or bring into this state, or was knowingly in actual or constructive possession of more than one kilo or 2.2 pounds of cannabis, in violation of 20-2-80 of the Code of Alabama.”

This section, as a part of Article 4A, became effective May 28, 1980, and defines the offense of trafficking in cannabis and sets the punishment therefor.

An arrest warrant was issued for appellant, and trial was…