Johnson v. State

Larry Johnson was indicted for promoting prison contraband in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-10-36, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant "guilty as charged in the indictment" and he was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment as a habitual felony offender.

On June 27, 1985, Officer John Lee, a guard at Fountain Correctional Facility, was escorting inmates Wilbert Tyrus and Curtis Scarver to their beds in the prison dormitory when Tyrus pulled a knife and attacked Scarver. Scarver ran to the opposite end of the dorm. Lee ordered Tyrus to drop the knife but he refused and…