State v. Black

The State of Alabama appeals from the trial court's ruling granting a motion to suppress filed by Jerome Black. Rule 15.7, Ala. R.Crim. P. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Black was charged with first-degree possession of marijuana, § 13A-12-213, Ala. Code 1975. He filed a motion to suppress, arguing that, when the police officer discovered the marijuana inside a vinyl compact-disc holder in his vehicle, the officer had exceeded the limited scope of the consent to search the vehicle Black had given. Thus, he argued, the marijuana and the subsequent statements he made should be…