Daniels v. State

Robert Daniels, Jr. was indicted for the illegal possession of a controlled substance, in violation of § 20-2-70, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant "guilty as charged in the indictment," and he was given a five-year sentence. The trial judge ordered the appellant to serve six months in the penitentiary and the rest of the sentence on probation.

At approximately 3:30 a.m. on June 8, 1986, Officer Dorothy Wright of the Demopolis Police Department observed a Chrysler Cordoba with a Georgia license plate moving swiftly on North Walnut Street in Demopolis, Alabama. Wright stopped…