Ex Parte Warren

783 So.2d 86 (2000)

Ex parte George Ester WARREN, Jr.

(In re George Ester Warren, Jr. v. State.)

1980792.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 8, 2000.

Margaret Y. Brown, Auburn, for petitioner.

Bill Pryor, atty. gen., and Beth Slate Poe, asst. atty. gen., for respondent.

LYONS, Justice.

A jury convicted George Ester Warren, Jr., of possession of cocaine, in violation of § 13A-12-212, Ala.Code 1975. The trial court sentenced Warren to eight years' imprisonment. Warren appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals. On appeal, he argued that the cocaine, which had been contained in a small plastic container…