Vinzant v. State

Appellant was indicted for possession of burglary tools, in violation of § 13A-7-8 Code of Alabama 1975. The case was tried in Jefferson Circuit Court, and a jury returned a verdict finding appellant guilty. Appellant was sentenced to a term of four years' imprisonment.

On July 4, 1982, shortly after midnight, Officer Gregory Lee of the Gardendale Police Department received a call about a suspicious vehicle being at a car wash on the Decatur Highway, in Gardendale, Alabama. Officer Lee parked three hundred feet away and observed the car wash with "cat eye" binoculars, which enhance nighttime…