Sly v. State

The defendant was charged and convicted of "willfully failing or refusing to comply with a lawful order or direction of an officer invested by law with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic" under the provisions of Alabama Code 1975, Section 32-5-15.

The evidence presented by the State revealed that on the night of November 21, 1977, Alabama State Trooper James M. Gilbreath observed that a headlight on the defendant's automobile was defective. He pursued the defendant for approximately one quarter of a mile with the blue light on his patrol car on before the defendant stopped.

Trooper…