Palmer v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the unlawful possession of cocaine in violation of Alabama Code Section20-2-70 (1975). He was sentenced as a second time offender under Section 20-2-76 to a term of 21 years' imprisonment and fined $5,000. Six issues are raised on appeal.

I

The existence of probable cause was sufficiently established to satisfy the two-pronged test of Aguilar v. Texas,378 U.S. 108, 84 S.Ct. 1509, 12 L.Ed.2d 723 (1964). The basis of knowledge prong was satisfied when the informant told Auburn Police Detective Bart Ingram, Jr. that within the past twenty-four hours he…