Day v. State

This is an appeal by James Arthur Day of his conviction for trafficking in cannabis, in violation of § 20-2-80, Code of Alabama 1975. Appellant was convicted by a Morgan County jury and was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment and fined $25,000.

The record indicates that Walter Price, a deputy sheriff in Morgan County, observed appellant, who was a suspected drug dealer, driving a black Mercury Cougar automobile in Decatur, Alabama. Appellant pulled his car off to the side of the road, as did the driver of a pickup truck that appeared to be following appellant's car. Appellant and the driver of…