Pittman v. State

The appellant, Ernest D. Pittman, was indicted and tried by a jury for the offense of selling marijuana, in violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 20-2-70, Code of Alabama (1975). After the jury returned a verdict of guilty, a sentencing hearing was conducted in which Pittman was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of four years.

The State's evidence tended to show:

Richard Mobley, an undercover agent for the Narcotics Unit of the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, and Greg Amerine, an informant, went to Pittman's residence at approximately 8:30 p.m. on September 15, 1982.…