Johnson v. State

KELLUM, Judge.

The appellant, Eric Devon Johnson, appeals his conviction for murder, see § 13A-6-2, Ala.Code 1975. The circuit court sentenced Johnson to life imprisonment and ordered him to pay $50 to the crime victims compensation fund, $8,617.43 in restitution, and court costs.

Johnson and his brother, Ellis Andrei Diggs, were tried jointly for the murder of Garry Blackwell.1 The record indicates the following pertinent facts. On February 4, 2012, Blackwell was operating an unlicensed club out of a house in Montgomery called “The Cave.” (R. 279.) At this club, women engaged in erotic dancing…