State v. Johnson

TERNUS, Chief Justice.

This matter comes to us on further review of the court of appeals’ decision affirming the second-degree murder conviction of appellant, Andrew Russell Johnson. The court of appeals rejected Johnson’s claims that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress and in determining he was competent to stand trial. The court of appeals also held there was substantial evidence in the record to support Johnson’s conviction. Finally, the court of appeals refused Johnson’s request to preserve his ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim based on trial counsel’s failure…