Eady v. State

Willie F. Eady was indicted for possession of cocaine in violation of § 20-2-70, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury subsequently found him "guilty of possession of cocaine as charged in the indictment." He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in the state penitentiary and fined $2,000.00.

Sheriff Lamar Hadden of Houston County, Alabama, testified that on May 17, 1985, he and Sgt. Donald Valenza were in Malone, Florida to observe the activities of a black male, nicknamed "Dogman", known to them as one Willie Frank Eady. The sheriff testified that, while in Malone, the informer who supplied the…