FRANKLIN v. STATE

3 Div. 652.

437 So.2d 609 (1983)

Robert Lee FRANKLIN v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elno A. Smith, Jr., Montgomery, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and James F. Hampton and J. Anthony McLain, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


SAM W. TAYLOR, Judge.

On August 17, 1982, the appellant was found guilty of the offense of trafficking in cannabis. He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.

The appellant attacks his conviction on the grounds that the State failed to prove a prima facie case of constructive possession. The State's case in chief consisted of the following:

Thomas Lewis Steele testified that he knew the appellant. He stated that he (Steele) broke into an apartment...

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