State v. Jones

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

Larry Jones appeals of right from his conviction in the Lauderdale County Circuit Court of possessing a controlled substance, cocaine, with intent .to sell. The trial court sentenced appellant to ten years imprisonment as a Range II offender with a fine of $15,000.

The facts of the case will be briefly summarized from our review of the record. Ken Nelson, a police officer with the Laud-erdale County Sheriffs office, testified that on January 15, 1989 he received information from a reliable police informant that the appellant would be driving a canary yellow Buick LeSabre…