Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama January 30, 1998, CR-96-2097 (Saylor v. State)

Gordon Lee Saylor was convicted of assault in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-20, Ala. Code 1975. He was sentenced under the Alabama Habitual Felony Offender Act (HFOA) to 25 years in prison. The principal facts are as follows. Saylor and Angela Smith had been living together for five or six months. On January 25, 1997, Smith and Saylor argued and Smith left the house.