DALTON v. STATE

89-312.

575 So.2d 603 (1990)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re Linda S. DALTON v. STATE).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and Joseph G.L. Marston, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Stuart R. Mishkin, Miami, Fla., and Randall O. Gladden, Huntsville, for respondent.


MADDOX, Justice.

This case presents a familiar question, the legality of a police investigatory stop and the subsequent seizure of illegal drugs, and it requires us to review once again the right of police to detain persons who allegedly match a "drug courier profile."

Linda S. Dalton was convicted of trafficking in cocaine and was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment and was fined $250,000. In a separate trial, Timothy Orlando Rainey was also convicted of...

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