Doyle v. State

Lester Bernard Doyle was indicted for the unlawful sale of marijuana in violation of § 20-2-70, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant "guilty as charged in the indictment" and the appellant received a sentence of five years' imprisonment in the penitentiary and a $2,500 fine.

On the evening of November 13, 1984, Gerard Herring, an officer with the narcotics unit of the Alabama Bureau of Investigation was working on an undercover operation with Investigator John Givens of the ABI and Officer John White of the Dothan Police Department. White gave Herring $100 from the Dothan Police…