Story v. State

Appellant was convicted by a Tallapoosa County Circuit Court of possessing marijuana for trafficking. Appellant was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and fined $25,000.

The state's first witness was J.W. Tapley of the Dadeville Police Department. In the early morning hours of August 2, 1980, Officer Tapley noticed a Cadillac automobile weaving on the road. The officer stopped the automobile and arrested the driver, Michael Dean Wall, for driving on the wrong side of the road. Appellant was riding on the passenger's side of the car when it was stopped.

Officer Tapley drove Wall to the county…