Freeman v. State

MONTIEL, Judge.

Diangelo Freeman was indicted for trafficking in cocaine in violation of § 13A-12-231, Code of Alabama 1975. A jury found Freeman guilty of the offense charged in the indictment, and the trial court sentenced him to 30 years in prison.

The evidence adduced at trial tended to show the following. On December 19, 1989, deputies from the Jefferson County sheriffs office executed a search warrant at 6717 Interlaken Avenue in Birmingham. Based on information they had received from an informant and on their own investigation, the deputies believed the apartment had been leased to Sonja…