Legal Opinion

State v. Johnson

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided September 27, 2017No. 51,652–KAPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.

The defendant, Gregory Lynn Johnson, was convicted by a unanimous jury of second degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Johnson now appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On June 27, 2013, officers with the Shreveport Police Department ("SPD") responded to a 911 call from a residence located at 609 Central Street in Shreveport, Louisiana. Officers found Walter Howard ("Walter") just inside the front door lying in a pool of blood with an apparent gunshot wound to the…

2Cases cited38 opinions

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