Ex Parte Tiller

I respectfully dissent from the opinion reversing Tiller's conviction for trafficking in cocaine on the basis that the State failed to establish that she constructively possessed the cocaine that was thrown from the vehicle in which she was a passenger.

In reviewing a sufficiency-of-the-evidence issue, we are required to view the evidence in a light most favorable to the State, see Ex parte Woodall,730 So.2d 652, 658 (Ala. 1998). The evidence before the jury showed the following: A Ford Explorer vehicle in which Tiller was a passenger led police on a high-speed chase through Dothan. The…