Sistrunk v. State

A.D. Sistrunk, the appellant, was convicted of the unlawful distribution of cocaine, was fined $5,000, was ordered to pay $100 to the Victims' Compensation Fund, and was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. He raises four issues on this appeal of that conviction.

I

The appellant argues that he was entitled to a mistrial because the prosecutor introduced inadmissible character evidence that the appellant was "a known drug dealer."

The State introduced evidence that on January 5, 1990, the appellant sold cocaine to an undercover narcotics agent of the Dothan Police Department. The trial began on…