CASEY v. STATE

3 Div. 294.

406 So.2d 1029 (1981)

Sherman CASEY, Jr. v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Hartley, Jr., Montgomery, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen. and Helen P. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found defendant (appellant) "guilty of felony possession of marijuana." The court fixed his punishment at imprisonment for nine years and sentenced him accordingly.

The defendant pleaded not guilty, which he had the right to do even though promptly after the State had proved his guilt of possession of marijuana and had rested its case, defendant took the stand in his defense and freely admitted possession of "a...

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