People v. Johnson

After a jury trial, defendant Terrance Johnson (Johnson) was found guilty of murder and armed robbery in connection with the March 22, 1989, shooting death of Cleotha Adams. Defendant was sentenced to 60 years’ imprisonment on the murder conviction and 20 years’ imprisonment on the armed robbery conviction, sentences to run consecutively. He now appeals his convictions, claiming that he was denied a fair trial based upon the improper admission of a juvenile accomplice’s testimony and several other alleged trial errors. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

In the early morning hours of March 22,…