Legal Opinion

Sarah M. Johnson v. State

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided February 18, 2014No. 38769PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BURDICK, Chief Justice.

Sarah Johnson appealed from the district court’s order dismissing her petition for post-conviction relief following convictions on two counts of first degree murder. We affirm the district court’s order.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On September 2, 2003, Alan and Diane Johnson (the Johnsons) were shot and killed in their home. The Johnsons’ sixteen-year-old daughter, Sarah Johnson (Johnson), was home at the time of the shooting. She consistently denied any involvement, but gave several different accounts of what she was doing, what she saw, and what she heard…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. PayneIdaho Supreme Court · 2008
  3. State v. DrapeauIdaho Supreme Court · 1976
  4. State v. StevensIdaho Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Estrada v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 2006

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. Azad Haji AbdullahIdaho Supreme Court · 2015
  2. State v. Erik Virgil HallIdaho Supreme Court · 2018
  3. Timothy Alan Dunlap v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 2015
  4. Sarah Marie Johnson v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 2017
  5. State v. SaenzIdaho Court of Appeals · 2020

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