Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 4, 1993No. S93A1174Published

1Opinion of the Court

263 Ga. 395 (1993)

435 S.E.2d 195

JOHNSON

v.

THE STATE.

S93A1174.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 4, 1993.

Murray M. Silver, for appellant.

Willis B. Sparks III, District Attorney, Kimberly S. Shumate, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Paige M. Reese, Staff Attorney, for appellee.

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Carlton Bernard Johnson was convicted of the felony murder of Milton Sanford and sentenced to life imprisonment.[1] We affirm.

1. The evidence adduced at trial showed that appellant phoned Sanford and requested that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Hester v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  3. Taylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  4. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  5. Marshall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992

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