Pitts v. State

FAULKNER, Justice.

Larry Pitts was convicted of selling 36 black amphetamine capsules to an undercover agent in Marshall County, and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. He appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the cause was transferred to this Court.

The facts are not complex. The undercover agent, E. B. Taylor, was in the parking lot of Jack’s Hamburgers, Albertville, Alabama, on December 18, 1971. He mentioned that he’d like to have some “speed”, and the defendant said he would get some. According to Taylor, the defendant left the parking lot of Jack’s Hamburgers, returned…