State v. Johnson

EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., Chief Judge.

By this appeal, defendant, Leonard Johnson, challenges his sentence as excessive. For the reasons which follow, we affirm defendant’s conviction and sentence.

On August 21, 2001, defendant and his cousin, Kim Edwards, got into an altercation because defendant believed that his wife was having an affair with Edwards. Apparently, both men were armed with weapons, defendant with a gun and Edwards with a knife. During the course of the argument, defendant shot and killed Edwards. In the subsequent statement given to police, defendant claimed that he and Edwards…