Ray v. State

The appellant, Dennis Robin Ray, was convicted of trafficking in marijuana, a violation of § 20-2-80, Code of Alabama 1975. The trial court, following a jury trial, sentenced appellant to a ten-year split sentence consisting of three years' imprisonment and seven years' supervised probation.

The evidence presented by the State tended to establish that Richard Walley, an informant working with the Baldwin County Sheriff's Department, set up a "buy" of five pounds of marijuana with the appellant. On May 7, 1987, Deputy Paul Surrey taped a telephone conversation between the appellant and the…