Bacot v. State

After the charges against him were consolidated for trial, the appellant, Reginald Bacot, was convicted of unlawful possession of controlled substances (cocaine) and unlawful possession of marijuana in the second degree, violations of § 13A-12-212 and § 13A-12-214, Code of Alabama 1975, respectively. He was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment on the cocaine possession charge and to 12 months hard labor on the marijuana possession charge.

The appellant presents four issues on appeal.

I

First, the appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal. More…