Hall v. State

Violation of Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act; sentence: fifteen years' imprisonment.

The appellant was tried and convicted for the July 19, 1980, possession of marijuana. The appellant was driving on Fayette County Road 12 when he was stopped by Fayette County Deputy Sheriff Arnold Strickland and Auxiliary Deputy Philip Donilson1 for having an excessively loud exhaust system on his car. After stopping the appellant, Deputy Strickland saw a .357 caliber Smith Wesson revolver protruding from under the driver's seat. He retrieved and unloaded it and asked the appellant for his pistol…