Hyde v. State

The appellant, Donald Keith Hyde, was convicted of trafficking in cannabis, in violation of § 20-2-80, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and fined $25,000.

On appeal, Hyde contends that the trial court erred to reversal in denying his motion to suppress certain contraband, and in receiving that contraband into evidence at trial. After careful review of the record, we hold that the court did violate constitutional prohibitions.

The state's evidence tended to show that the Arab Police Department received a tip from a confidential informant that the appellant was…