German v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the unlawful possession of marijuana in violation of Alabama Code Section20-2-70 (1975). Sentence was three years' imprisonment. The only issue on appeal concerns the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction.

On the afternoon of June 6, 1981, Talladega County Sheriff Jerry Studdard and Deputy Sheriff Terry Brewer discovered a small cultivated marijuana patch in a wooded area of Talladega County. Hearing a chain saw in the distance, the two officers proceeded in that direction. On an old wooded log road, Sheriff Studdard discovered a…