Brooks v. State

The appellant, Sylvester Brooks, was convicted, after a jury trial, of trafficking in cocaine in violation of § 13A-12-231, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and was fined $50,000. The appellant raises several issues on appeal; however, we need only address whether the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress the cocaine seized from his person.

Detective Melvin Harrison of the Opelika Police Department conducted an investigation of possible cocaine sales at John Bo's Fish Supreme [hereinafter "restaurant"] in Opelika, Alabama. Harrison set up a "controlled…