Johnson v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

We affirm the denial of Gregory Scott Johnson’s petition for post-conviction relief.

Background

Petitioner Gregory Scott Johnson appeals the denial of post-conviction relief with respect to his convictions for Murder, 1 Arson, 2 and sentence of death. 3 We unanimously affirmed Johnson’s direct appeal of these convictions and sentence in an opinion authored by Justice DeBruler. Johnson v. State, 584 N.E.2d 1092 (Ind.1992).

The murder conviction was on a charge that Johnson had killed an elderly woman by striking her with a blunt instrument and kicking and hitting her during the…