Messiah Aladar Johnson v. Commonwealth of Virginia

VIRGINIA: In the Court of Appeals of Virginia on Tuesday the 5th day of August, 2025. PUBLISHED Messiah Aladar Johnson, Petitioner, against Record No. 0847-24-1 Commonwealth of Virginia, Respondent. Upon a Petition for a Writ of Actual Innocence Before Judges Callins, White, and Bernhard Messiah Johnson comes before this Court seeking a writ of actual innocence based on non-biological evidence. See Code §§ 19.2-327.10 through -327.14. Johnson was convicted of a 1997 robbery and related offenses, for which he was subsequently sentenced to 132 years in prison. In 2018, Johnson accepted a…