Legal Opinion
JOHNSON v. BOOHER
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 31, 2025No. 2:24-cv-00309Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JEROME JOHNSON : CIVIL ACTION : v. : NO. 24-309 : SUPERINTENDENT BOOHER, THE : DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE CITY : OF PHILADELPHIA, THE : ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE : STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. March 31, 2025 A state court trial judge twice misspoke during final jury instructions about the nature of a homicide charge against a man involved in robberies two nights in a row and a related shooting death. The trial judge mistakenly referred to a first degree murder charge when the Commonwealth only charged…
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