Cagle v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Gary Steven Cagle was convicted of violating the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, and sentenced to eighteen years’ imprisonment as a habitual offender. On appeal, he challenges the legality of his arrest and the subsequent search of his person which revealed two pills containing diazepam.

*464On the afternoon of July 28, 1982, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Norman Harris and Leeds Detective Sergeant C.A. Hudson went to a residence on Lovick Road in Leeds, Alabama, to execute a search warrant. The officers encountered Cagle walking along the roadside in front of…