Funches v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The Grand Jury of Mobile County, Alabama, charged the appellant with the unlawful possession of Secobarbital Sodium, and also the unlawful possession of Codeine Phosphate in violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act.1 The Jury found the appellant guilty as charged, and the trial court in its judgment set sentence at five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Mobile County Deputy Sheriff David Beck testified that he went to the home of the appellant, located at 652 Rickarby Street in Mobile, on July 26, 1972, pursuant to a search warrant issued by Paul W.…