Dooley v. State

KELLUM, Judge.

The appellant, Michael Shawn Dooley, was indicted on March 6, 2008, by a Laud-erdale County grand jury for two counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, a violation of § 13A-12-211, Ala. Code 1975. Both counts of the indictment, in pertinent part, read:

“Michael Shawn Dooley ... did unlawfully and willfully sell, furnish, give away, deliver, or distribute a controlled substance, to-wit: Hydrocodone, in Lauderdale County, Alabama.”

(R. 22.) On March 25, 2008, Dooley filed a plea of not guilty and a waiver of arraignment. The State subsequently nol-prossed the…