Yarbrough v. State

Appellant was indicted by the August, 1979, session of the Jefferson County grand jury for violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 20-2-1, et seq., Code of Alabama 1975. In the first count of the two-count indictment, appellant was charged with the illegal possession of phentermine, codeine and pentazocine, and in the second count he was charged with the unlawful possession of 77.1 grams of marijuana. After a trial by jury the appellant was found guilty as charged. The trial court sentenced him to three years imprisonment. At arraignment and throughout the trial…