MARTIN v. STATE OF ALA.

No. 83-7215.

730 F.2d 721 (1984)

Norman Dennis MARTIN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. STATE OF ALABAMA and Circuit Court of Russell County, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Graddick, Atty. Gen., Patricia E. Guthrie, James B. Prude, Asst. Attys. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondents-appellants.

Robert Segall, Lee H. Copeland, Montgomery, Ala., for petitioner-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH, JOHNSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a single issue: was the evidence produced at petitioner Martin's trial sufficient to support his conviction for the sale of marijuana in violation of Alabama law? Holding that it was, we reverse the district court's grant of habeas corpus relief.

Petitioner was indicted under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Ala.Code § 20-2-1 et seq. (1975), for the sale of marijuana. At petitioner's trial...

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