Kerr v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant, Ronald Lee Kerr, was indicted by the Etowah County Grand Jury for trafficking in cannabis in violation of Section 20-2-80, Code of Alabama 1975 (1980 Cumulative Supplement). On June 9,1983, he was convicted of the offense, and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary and fined $25,000.

On September 26, 1980, Alabama State Trooper Sanders Roberts stopped appellant, who was carrying a passenger in his car, for speeding on Interstate Highway 59 in Etowah County, Alabama. While talking with appellant, Roberts noticed the smell of marijuana. He…