Giles v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found this appellant, Joe Nathan Giles, guilty as charged in an indictment that he, “being confined to a detention facility, did intentionally and unlawfully make, obtain or possess a deadly weapon, instrument, tool or other thing, to-wit: two prison made handcuff keys and one razor blade, which may have been useful for escape, in violation of § 13A-10-6 [sic] of the Code of Alabama_” Alabama Criminal Code § 13A-10-36, entitled “Promoting prison contraband in the first degree,” provides:

“(a) A person is guilty of promoting prison contraband in the…