Fowler v. State

The appellant, following trial and guilty verdict by jury, was adjudged guilty of trafficking in cannabis in violation of § 20-2-80, Code of Alabama 1975, and was sentenced to a term of six years with $25,000 fine levied. This Code section proscribes the actual or constructive possession of in excess of 2.2 pounds of cannabis (marijuana) and makes such possession a felony.

Deputy Sheriff Carson, attached to the United Narcotics Detail Operation, and other officers, armed with a duly executed search warrant, entered a house which from prior investigation they had determined to be the residence…