Legal Opinion

State v. Johnson

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided September 26, 2001No. 00-1219PublishedCited by 423 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLundberg Stratton, J.

On June 10, 1996, members of the street gang known as the Bloods opened fire on members of another gang, the Crips. Edward McGaha, a member of the Crips, was wounded. Defendant-appellee, Leslie Johnson, also a Crips member, was present during the attack. One of the *241primary shooters in the attack was Richard Miles (“Boom”), a Bloods gang member and crack dealer.

Later that day, McGaha returned home from the hospital and was sitting on the front porch of his mother’s home with some other Crips gang members and associates, including defendant, when a carload of Bloods pulled up and opened fire a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. WidnerOhio Supreme Court · 1982
  2. State v. PruettOhio Court of Appeals · 1971
  3. State v. SimsOhio Court of Appeals · 1983
  4. State v. CornwellOhio Supreme Court · 1999

3Cited by423 opinions

  1. Gonzales v. Duenas-AlvarezSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. State v. Wilson, 22581 (2-6-2009)Ohio Court of Appeals · 2009
  3. Brown v. KontehCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
  4. State v. HerringOhio Supreme Court · 2002
  5. State v. HallerOhio Court of Appeals · 2012

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