EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated.
A cold-hearted felon who waved his gun at women’s heads and shot the man who tried to thwart his robbery dead? Or an innocent (or at least not provably guilty) young man who was framed and never there? The jury chose the former and found Johnson guilty of murdering Scottie Morton, as well as attempted robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon. He will spend the rest of his life in prison without hope of parole.
Those were the pictures painted of Anthony Johnson by prosecution and defense attorneys Friday after the prosecution rested their case and Defense Attorney Don Stroud offered no additional witnesses.