Johnson v. State

LAWSON, Justice.

The defendant was jointly indicted with one Richard Brown for the murder of Jack T. Walton, but separately tried. Being unable to employ counsel, two practicing attorneys at the Hale County Bar were appointed by the court to represent defendant. He pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, and was found guilty of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death by electrocution.

The decedent lived in Piale County, Alabama, on a farm about fourteen miles from Greensboro. The defendant and Richard Brown were employed by him to work on the farm. The body of the…