A Russell County jury today convicted the second of three men charged in a stabbing last April in Hatchechubbee, Ala.

Al’Cashua J. Lanier, 22, was found guilty of attempted murder and first-degree robbery. He faces 10 years to life in prison at his sentencing in July.

The jury of seven women and five men deliberated one hour and 15 minutes before announcing its unanimous decision.

“I think the jury reached the correct verdict,” Assistant District Attorney Buster Landreau said. “It’s been my feeling that this is the guy who probably planned the whole thing, and the other two helped execute it.”

Prosecutors said Lanier — along with his brother Gregory Lanier and Glamta L. Holloway — attacked Ladarrius T. Brunson at the side of the road inside Brunson’s Ford Mustang, and then drove away in his vehicle. Brunson, 22, was cut three times across the neck and stabbed four times, but escaped the car and fled into the woods, where he remained about 36 hours, said Russell County Sheriff’s Office investigator Rod Costello.

Brunson took shelter in a hunter’s cabin and eventually was spotted walking down the road by a group of hunters, who took him to an ambulance station in Seale, Ala. Costello said Brunson knew the name and address of one of his assailants and the nicknames of the other two.

“It was just a matter of finding their real names and obtaining warrants on them,” Costello said.

Defense attorney Winston D. Durant of Montgomery, Ala., denied the charges against his client. He argued the pattern of Brunson’s wounds indicated he was attacked by Holloway and Gregory Lanier, but not Al’Cashua Lanier.

Al’Cashua Lanier was sitting behind his brother, who was driving the car and allegedly pulled to the side of the road about midnight. Brunson was riding in the front passenger seat when he was attacked, prosecutors said.

In his closing argument, Durant sought to point out inconsistencies in Brunson’s testimony, suggesting he was more equivocal about Al’Cashua Lanier’s role in the attack during Holloway’s trial early this year. Holloway was convicted of attempted murder and robbery and was sentenced last month to life in prison.

“Each time he comes in here he adjusts the testimony to get a certain defendant, and today it’s my client,” Durant said of Brunson. “It brings the whole case into question. If you can’t believe him, you can’t believe anybody.”

Prosecutors countered that Brunson’s testimony has been consistent.

Durant also spoke critically of Brunson’s demeanor during his testimony, calling it “rude.”

Landreau, in his closing argument, accused Durant of employing a “cheap trick” by trying to upset a witness by hollering at him, and then pointing out the witness’s reaction to the jury.

“The truth is frequently harsh and frequently rude,” Landreau said, “particularly when you’re sitting over there and the charge is that you stabbed somebody.”

The last of the three defendants, Gregory Lanier, 19, is slated to stand trial Aug. 15. Al’Cashua Lanier is scheduled to be sentenced July 28 by Circuit Court Judge George R. Greene.