HERRIN v. STATE

1 Div. 627.

349 So.2d 103 (1977)

William Melvin HERRIN v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson M. Hawkins, Jr., Mobile, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Vanzetta Penn Durant, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


DeCARLO, Judge.

William Melvin Herrin was convicted under an indictment charging possession of marijuana, not for personal use. After a jury trial he was found guilty and sentenced to three years and six months in the penitentiary. It was from this judgment that he appeals.

Prior to the trial, the court held a hearing outside the presence of the jury on a motion to suppress.

The evidence on behalf of the State tended to show that John Reid, an officer...

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