Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided August 27, 2009No. 2007-SC-000952-MRPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Justice SCOTT.
On August 1, 2007, Appellant, Charles Lamar Johnson, was found guilty by a Jefferson Circuit Court jury of five (5) counts of rape in the first degree, two (2) counts of incest, (2) two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, rape in the second degree, rape in the third degree, criminal attempt to commit rape in the first degree, and sodomy in the first degree. For these crimes, Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant now appeals his conviction as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b).
I. Background
At trial, five (5) young females…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by15 opinions
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