Blaine v. State

A jury found appellant guilty of possession of heroin. The trial court sentenced him to imprisonment for fifteen years.

A large part of the record (more than one hundred pages) pertains to a motion to suppress certain evidence, which motion was filed and heard before the trial of this case. The court overruled the motion, and the evidence sought to be suppressed was admitted during the trial. It related to the circumstances of the finding by law enforcement officers of a large quantity of heroin at the Travelodge Motel on Federal Drive in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 18, 1977. In the process of…