Johnson v. State

OPINION

CHARLES KREGER, Justice.

In February 2002, a grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging appellant, Naomi Loutrieia Johnson, with the offenses of murder, manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide. The case proceeded to trial in April 2004, with appellant apparently testifying in her own defense. This trial ended with the jury unable to reach a verdict necessitating the trial court’s declaring a mistrial. Retrial commenced in October 2006, with the State announcing it was proceeding only on the murder charge and abandoning the remaining counts. Appellant did not testify…