Johnson v. Wilson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DUANE JOSEPH JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Civil Action No. 10-178 (JEB) E.D. WILSON, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION Petitioner Duane Joseph Johnson was convicted over twenty years ago in D.C. Superior Court. The charges stemmed from a drug-deal-turned-robbery and included murder, assault, robbery, and firearms offenses. Following an unsuccessful direct appeal, Petitioner has spent the intervening decades attempting to obtain collateral relief, first from D.C. courts and now from federal. At this point, his claims have narrowed to a single,…