Brooks v. State

TAYLOR, Presiding Judge.

This case was originally assigned to another judge and was reassigned to Judge Taylor on April 8,1996.

The appellant, Adrian Brooks, was convicted of possessing a controlled substance, i.e., cocaine, and of distributing a controlled substance, i.e., cocaine, violations of §§ 13A-12-212 and 13A-12-211, Code of Alabama 1975, respectively. He was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary on each conviction.

The appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying trial counsel’s motion to withdraw because, he says, his counsel had a conflict of interest.…