Richard Allen Johnson v. State of Florida

Richard Allen Johnson, who was twenty-three years old at the time of the crime, was convicted of the first-degree murder, kidnapping, and sexual battery with great force of Tammy Hagin. This Court affirmed his convictions and sentence of death on direct appeal. Johnson v. State, 969 So.2d 938, 962 (Fla.2007). Johnson now appeals the denial of his initial motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 and petitions this Court for a writ of habe-as corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow, we…