State ex rel. Johnson v. Ohio Adult Parole Authority

{¶ 1} In 1976, the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas convicted appellant, John A. Johnson, of aggravated murder with death-penalty specifications, kidnapping, and rape. The common pleas court sentenced Johnson to death for the aggravated murder with specifications and further sentenced him to consecutive seven-to-25-year prison terms for his kidnapping and rape convictions. On appeal, the court of appeals affirmed. State v. Johnson (Jan. 30,1978), Cuyahoga App. No. 36618, 1978 WL 217677.

{¶2} In 1978, we reversed Johnson’s death sentence and reduced it to life imprisonment based on Lockett…