Johnson v. State

The appellant, Scottie Alton Johnson, was convicted of murder and of assault in the second degree. He was sentenced to life in prison and to 10 years in prison, respectively.

The state's evidence tended to show that Willie (Jay) Adams and his grandfather, James A. Floyd, were shot by a gunman who had been hiding in the bushes outside the Floyd residence. The gunman or an accomplice rang the doorbell at the victims' residence, and when the door opened, he fired a single shot from a 20-gauge shotgun into the Floyd house. The gunman was hiding in the bushes just outside the front door when he…