Johnson v. Woodson

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division SHERMAINE ALI JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Civil Action No. 3:13¢ev404 JOHN A. WOODSON, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION This matter comes before the Court on remand following the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Malvo v. Mathena,

893 F.3d 265, 267

(4th Cir. 2018), cert. granted, 139 S, Ct. 1317 (2019), and cert. dismissed,

2020 WL 962431

(U.S. Feb. 26, 2020). In 1999, a jury sentenced Petitioner Shermaine Ali Johnson to death for a rape and murder he committed when he was…