Sanders v. State

MONTIEL, Judge.

The appellant, Walter Sanders, Jr., was indicted for the offense of promoting prison contraband, in violation of § 13A-10-36. A jury found him guilty as charged in the indictment. The appellant was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

The evidence adduced at the tidal tended to establish that on February 28, 1992, the appellant was in the Coffee County jail for offenses unrelated to this case. He was in an isolation cell block because of problems he had experienced with other inmates. On that date, the sheriff went to retrieve the appellant from his cell to take him to court for a…