Deese v. State

BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Retired Circuit Judge.

Appellant-defendant was indicted for selling marijuana contrary to the provisions of Act No. 1407, Section 401(a), Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, 1971. The jury convicted and the Court fixed punishment at two years imprisonment.

Briefly, the evidence shows that defendant was approached by an undercover agent at his trailer home in Montgomery County, Alabama, who importuned him to sell him some marijuana. The purchase was made. The agent paid him $160.00. An acquaintance or friend of defendant came with the agent to make the purchase.…