Smith v. State

The appellant, Glenn Smith, was charged with possessing pethidine contrary to the provisions of the Alabama Controlled Substances Act. The trial was held before a jury and the appellant was found guilty. After judgment was pronounced, he was sentenced to five years imprisonment. It was from this judgment that he appealed.

In this appeal he seeks reversal on three grounds:

1. That the affidavit supporting the search warrant contained misrepresentations or erroneous statements of the informant which were material to the establishment of probable cause.

2. That the State failed to prove that the…