Pugh v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
Lester R. Pugh was indicted and convicted for trafficking in cocaine in violation of Alabama Code 1975, Section 20-2-80. Sentence was ten years' imprisonment and a fine of $25,000.00. Three issues are raised on appeal.
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There was no reversible error in the refusal of the trial judge to require the disclosure of the informant's identity or in his refusal to allow defense counsel to question an informant about his conversations with a police officer in order to establish the unreliability of that informant.
Mobile Police Officer Jeff Stokes testified that about midmorning on April 14, 1982, he…
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