Saylor v. State

Gordon Lee Saylor was convicted of assault in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-20, Ala. Code 1975. He was sentenced under the Alabama Habitual Felony Offender Act (HFOA) to 25 years in prison.

The principal facts are as follows. Saylor and Angela Smith had been living together for five or six months. On January 25, 1997, Smith and Saylor argued and Smith left the house. When she returned a few hours later, at around one o'clock a.m., Saylor was not home. At around five o'clock a.m., Saylor returned to the house with a friend. When Smith asked the friend to leave, Smith and Saylor…