Johnson v. State

PUBLISHED ORDER CONCERNING SUCCESSIVE PETITION - FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF IN CAPITAL CASE

Introduction

A jury found Petitioner Gregory Scott Johnson guilty of murder and arson and unanimously recommended the death penalty. Those convictions and sentence were affirmed in the several proceedings that followed, and Johnson has received all of the review to which he is entitled as a matter of right. Execution of the death sentence is set for May 25, 2005, before sunrise. Johnson now requests permission to litigate issues relating to whether another person may have been an accomplice and whether…