Legal Opinion

United States v. Johnson

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 30, 2007No. 06-1001PublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

A federal jury found Angela Johnson guilty of aiding and abetting the murder of five individuals while working in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise (CCE), violations of 21 U.S.C. § 848(e)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2, and five counts of aiding and abetting the killing of these individuals while engaging in a drug conspiracy, also in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848(e)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. The jury voted to impose the death penalty for four of these murders and voted to impose a sentence of life in prison for the fifth murder, resulting in a total of eight death…

2Cases cited78 opinions

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  4. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by75 opinions

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