State v. Johnson

KEITH, Justice.

Appellant Lawrence William Johnson appeals from his conviction for murder in the first degree of Norman Gonderman, Jr. on April 18, 1988. Johnson was sentenced to life imprisonment. Johnson asks this court to vacate his conviction, or, in the alternative, to reduce his conviction to one for manslaughter, on the following grounds: (I) that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress a statement he made during custodial interrogation, (II) that the trial court erred by refusing to dismiss the indictment, (III) that the trial court erred in admitting evidence…