Sharpe v. State

A jury found defendant-appellant guilty under an indictment charging in pertinent part that he "did unlawfully sell, furnish or give away marijuana, a controlled substance contrary to the provisions of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act."

Appellant insists that his demurrer to the indictment on the ground of its failure "to allege the name of the vendee and therefore does not inform the Defendant of the charge against him which he must defend" was erroneously overruled. He expressly acknowledges that the Supreme Court of Alabama inAdkins v. State, 291 Ala. 695, 287 So.2d 451 (1973),…