Griffin v. State

PRICE, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of transporting prohibited beverages in quantities of five gallons or more. Section 187, Title 29, Code 1940.

The evidence for the State tended to show that two highway patrolmen, Raiford and Huckabee, were operating a radar station on Highway 331 south of Montgomery, Alabama, on August 1, 1957. About 7:00 p. m, an automobile driven by defendant approached the station exceeding the legal rate of speed. Another negro was in the car. The car slowed to about ten miles an hour but did not stop. The officers positively identified the defendant…