Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 13, 2024No. S24A0633PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

319 Ga. 562

FINAL COPY S24A0633. JOHNSON v. THE STATE. PETERSON, Presiding Justice. Deand’re Dwayne Johnson appeals his convictions related to the stabbing death of Louis Tyler and non-fatal assault of Vicki Robinson.1 On appeal, Johnson argues that the trial court plainly 1 The crimes occurred on November 10, 2018, and Louis died the next morning. A DeKalb County grand jury indicted Johnson on December 18, 2018, and a subsequent reindictment was returned on September 5, 2019, charging Johnson with malice murder (Count 1), felony murder (Counts 2 to 4), aggravated assault of Louis (Count 5),…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  2. Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  3. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023
  4. McClure v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  5. Foster v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014

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