Smith v. State

Appellant was indicted on one charge of possession of marijuana, and one charge of controlled substances, a liquid containing pentazocine, a powder containing cocaine, and tablets containing codeine. Appellant was convicted of both charges, and sentenced to four (4) years in the penitentiary.

On January 11, 1982, Officer Jimmy L. Wesson, of the Birmingham Police Department, and several other police officers executed a search warrant at 956 53rd Street North, Birmingham, Alabama. The information which led to obtaining the search warrant was obtained by Wesson from an unnamed reliable informant,…