Scott v. State

Appellant, Edward Charles Scott, was indicted by a Talladega County grand jury for burglary in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-7-5, Code of Alabama 1975. Appellant was found guilty by a jury of the offense of burglary in the second degree and was sentenced pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act to a term of life imprisonment.

The facts in the case are as follows: At approximately 4:00 a.m., on August 6, 1987, the victim, T.B., was awakened when a man she later identified as the appellant entered her bedroom with a knife and put his hand around her throat and demanded that she…