Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 2, 2009No. CR-99-1349PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1146 After Remand from Alabama Supreme Court

MAIN, Judge.

Shonda Nicole Johnson was convicted of capital murder, in violation of § 13A-5-40(14), Ala.Code 1975, for intentionally murdering Randy McCullar, who had testified or was to testify in a criminal proceeding, specifically a bigamy case, against Johnson, where the murder stemmed from his role as a witness in the bigamy case. Johnson was sentenced to death by the trial court following an advisory verdict by the jury of death by a vote of 11 in favor of death to 1 in favor of life without parole.1 This Court reversed and remanded Johnson’s…

2Cases cited411 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2012
  2. McMillan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2010
  3. Wiggins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2014
  4. Lane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2013
  5. Shanklin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2014

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