Boyd v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Samuel Boyd was indicted for the violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act under § 20-2-70, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant “guilty as charged in the indictment” and he was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment as a habitual felony offender.

On the evening of October 29, 1982, Leonard Williams and Ralph Watkins were working as undercover narcotics officers for the Birmingham Police Department. At some point Williams went into a pool hall and asked two black males, whom he did not know previously, where he could buy some drugs. The two men then…