Smith v. State

In separate complaints, Ronald Norman Smith and Richard Andrew Smith, Jr., were charged with the unlawful possession of marijuana for personal use, in violation of § 13A-12-214, Code of Alabama 1975. The trial court granted the State's motion to consolidate Ronald Smith's case with that of Richard Smith. The court subsequently denied, after a hearing, the appellants' motion to suppress evidence seized as a result of a search conducted of Richard Smith's car.

On November 15, 1991, the appellants stipulated that the State could prove a prima facie case of possession of marijuana in the second…