Johnson v. State

PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

I concur in the portion of the principal opinion that affirms the denial of 13 of Kevin Johnson’s post-conviction claims. I do not concur, however, in the principál opinion’s holding that Mr. Johnson failed to plead sufficient facts to require an evi-dentiary hearing on his claim that his trial counsel were ineffective for not objecting to the presence of numerous uniformed police officers in the courtroom and halls during his trial. Other jurisdictions have also held that, in fact-specific circumstances, the attendance of numerous uniformed police officers during…