Opinion ID: 1105900
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Heading: Application of the Definition of Mixture

Text: The bag found in Fletcher's possession contained a solid piece of cocaine (a rock) weighing 7.01 grams and two solid pieces of bar soap, weighing 7.9 grams and 56.72 grams, respectively. The two substances were not blended or diffused, but were easily separable and distinguishable from one another. Cf. Chapman, 500 U.S. at 461-63, 111 S.Ct. at 1925-26. Thus, the pieces of bar soap were not contained in a mixture with the cocaine and cannot be counted toward the 28-gram requirement of § 13A-12-231(2). Without counting the weight of the pieces of bar soap, there is insufficient evidence to find Fletcher guilty of trafficking in 28 grams or more of cocaine under § 13A-12-231(2). However, there is sufficient evidence to support a conviction of the lesser-included offense of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, as defined in § 13A-12-212. [4] Because the jury was instructed on the lesser-included offense of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, we remand this case to the Court of Criminal Appeals with instructions to remand the case to the trial court so that it may enter a judgment on the lesser-included offense and resentence Fletcher accordingly. [5] See Ex parte Edwards, 452 So.2d 508, 510 (Ala.1984) (citing Dickenson v. Israel, 644 F.2d 308 (7th Cir. 1981)). REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS. HOOPER, C.J., and MADDOX, SHORES, HOUSTON, KENNEDY, and COOK, JJ., concur. ALMON, J., concurs in the result.