McGee v. State

The appellant, Donnell McGee, was convicted of the unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, cocaine, a violation of § 13A-12-211, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to seven years, which was enhanced by five additional years pursuant to § 13A-12-250, Code of Alabama 1975, because the sale occurred within three miles of a school.

The state's evidence tended to show that on March 14, 1991, Officer James Taggart, Jr., of the Tuscaloosa Sheriff's Department, was working undercover as a narcotics agent in Dothan, Alabama. He was in a van with a confidential informant driving around West…