Story v. State

Possession of methaqualone; four years.

Appellant was convicted of possessing methaqualone in violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, §20-2-70, Code of Alabama 1975.

While patrolling U.S. Highway 280 during the early morning hours of August 2, 1980, Dadeville Police Officers J.W. Tapley and Leonard Brand observed a 1973 Cadillac weaving back and forth across the center lane of the highway. They stopped the car and arrested the driver, Michael Dean Walls, for D.U.I. Appellant was the only other occupant and was seated in the front passenger seat.

Walls was placed in the patrol…