Nation v. State

The appellant, Robert Hampton Nation, Jr., was convicted of possessing a controlled substance, cocaine, in violation of § 13A-12-212, Code of Alabama 1975. Pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act, he was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. His sentence was split, and he was ordered to serve two years in prison.

The state's evidence tended to show that on the evening of January 17, 1992, Lieutenant Sammy Blocker of the Ozark Police Department was conducting a surveillance operation near Acker Plaza, a shopping mall, in Ozark. He was driving an unmarked police car and was accompanied by…