Hammonds v. State

McMILLAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the appellant’s convictions of the sale of cocaine.

In February 1988, a Madison County grand jury returned a two-count indictment against the appellant, charging him with the sale of a controlled substance, cocaine, in violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Because the second offense took place after the effective date of § 13A-12-210 et seq., Code of Alabama (1975) — the Drug Crimes Amendments Act of 1987 — the trial court ordered that this charge be sent back to the grand jury for reindictment under that statute. Thereafter, the…