Williams v. State

TAYLOR, Judge.

The appellant, Clifford Williams, was convicted of trafficking in cocaine, a violation of § 13A-12-231, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to life imprisonment without parole pursuant to § 13A-5-9, Code of Alabama 1975.

The evidence presented at trial tended to show that on November 28, 1990, police officers executed a search warrant on the appellant’s residence. As the officers were driving toward the residence to execute the search warrant, they noticed that they were travelling behind a van driven by the appellant. The appellant parked the van…