Wooden v. State

The appellant, Darryl Pierre Wooden, was found guilty of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. The trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment as a habitual offender and ordered him to pay $100 to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund. The court also enhanced the appellant's sentence with two additional five-year terms, pursuant to §§ 13A-12-250 and -270, Ala. Code 1975.

Evidence at trial tended to show the following: On October 27, 1994, narcotics officer Jeff Steele was working undercover investigating Dilaudid sales. As he drove down 4th Avenue North, a black male, later…