Jackson v. State

BURKE, Judge.

Roderick Earl Jackson was convicted of trafficking in cocaine, a violation of § 13A-12-231(2)(a), Ala.Code 1975; trafficking in marijuana, a violation of § 13A-12-231(l)(a), Ala.Code 1975; unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a violation of § 13A-12-212, Ala.Code 1975; carrying a pistol without a permit, a violation of § 13A-11-73, Ala.Code 1975; and three counts of failure to affix a tax stamp, a violation of § 40-17A-4, Ala.Code 1975. He was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to life imprisonment for each of the drug-trafficking convictions; ten years’…